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66 reviews
Golden Son by Pierce Brown
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Red Rising by Pierce Brown
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom by Jonathan Haidt
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
The Joy of x: A Guided Tour of Math, from One to Infinity by Steven Strogatz
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
What a fantastic book. The short digestible chapters and the wonderful down to earth personality of the author makes this book an easy read. The simple explanations with understandable examples and images really helps explain the topics of algebra, trigonometry, geometry, and calculus in ways that I've never understood them before. The author sums up the theme of the book on page 131 "Every year about a million American students take calculus. But far fewer really understand what the subject is about or could tell you why they were learning it... There are so many new ideas to absorb that the overall framework is easy to miss." That is what the author does brilliantly; explains the overall framework of these topics and proves them, not with elaborate, difficult to follow mathematical proofs, but with images and intuitive examples. A truly excellent and unique book. I wish I had read this book 10 years ago.
The Anxious Generation: How The Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Flamefall by Rosaria Munda
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The Gospel of Matthew: An Expositional Commentary, Vol. 1: The King and His Kingdom by James Montgomery Boice
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5