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52 reviews

The Toll by Neal Shusterman

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Was a bit longer than it needed to be and I didn't love the ending.  
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Saving Noah by Lucinda Berry

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challenging emotional sad 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? Yes

3.0

Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This reads more YA to me.  I expected a bit more... This dragged in places.
Gold by Raven Kennedy

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Too long.  Could have wrapped it up in two hundred less pages.
THINK STRAIGHT: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life by Darius Foroux

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informative fast-paced

2.75

Gully Dirt: On Exposing the Klan, Raising a Hog, and Escaping the South by Robert Coram

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challenging emotional slow-paced

3.0

Glow by Raven Kennedy

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Too long and Auren can be a bit dim.  
Gleam by Raven Kennedy

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adventurous challenging tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Glint by Raven Kennedy

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adventurous emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0