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31 reviews

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

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hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Lillian Roxon: Mother of Rock by Robert Milliken

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informative medium-paced

4.0

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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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

Predictable 
Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

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dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

The Light Keeper: Sometimes Love Takes You to the Edge by Cole Moreton

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

4.0

Gorgeous book. Well written, just beautiful descriptions of the scenery. 
Wittgenstein Jr by Lars Iyer

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Did not finish book.
I did a year of philosophy and this is going over my head
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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inspiring mysterious reflective 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

How to Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong by Elizabeth Day

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emotional funny hopeful informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beethoven: The Man Revealed by John Suchet

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informative reflective slow-paced
Fantastically well written biography on the greatest composer of all time.