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A Visit from the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan

3.5

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Exit West

Mohsin Hamid

DID NOT FINISH: 5%

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Didn't hook me, and I had other books I wanted to read

Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

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I was just so bored

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life with the Heart of a Buddha

Tara Brach

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse

Jackson MacKenzie

4.5

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Hysteria

Jessica Gross

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The characterization feels "textbook" in how it uses BPD to inform the protagonist. That said, the book arrives somewhere that feels authentic, but it takes around half the book to do so.

At the Mountains of Madness

H.P. Lovecraft

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Our Wives Under The Sea

Julia Armfield

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes