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Kataraina by Becky Manawatu

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

As soon as I finished Kataraina, I wanted to go back and start again 

Serpent Sea by Maiya Ibrahim

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Unfinished Business by Shankari Chandran

challenging emotional informative sad tense

5.0

Cold Truth by Ashley Kalagian Blunt

adventurous informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

This book was beautifully and well written. The passages about grief and the reflections and connections of random thoughts to the past were sublime.
It may have been a little too long (for what it was), and the ethical issue of sharing someone’s diary entries and letters after their death, as well as the rewriting of the friends’ perspectives were great bookclub discussions. 
I will definitely be looking up more if Cristina’s work.

Politica by Yumna Kassab

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

I am a fan of Yumna’s writing. That is all.

The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo

3.5

Your Utopia: stories by Bora Chung

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The Belburd by Nardi Simpson

4.0

The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

3.5