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217 reviews

The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

How we hurt and heal each other too. Such a good book
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

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dark reflective sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“To be here, in this room, high in this house, out of the cellar, with her: it is like medicine.”
so so good doerr captures everything so precisely
Natural History by Carlos Fonseca

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2.0

I was hopelessly confused I did not really enjoy this
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty

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1.0

this book was ridiculous and insane with the kind of writing that is easy to read but also bad. like why would you write AND PUBLISH “he rocked back and forth like an autistic child”  … this was soap-opera worthy bad
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

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challenging sad

4.0

I’m so glad she and Lori got the children out oh wow
The Netanyahus by Joshua Cohen

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3.0

So I didn’t know this was half fictional until I finished it… Interesting read!
We Are Not Ourselves by Matthew Thomas

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

SO GOOD. Oh my god. The prose the characters!! it was astounding and so full of emotion and life I love love loved it
Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun

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4.0

Confusing but very touching rumination on the meaning of life I just wish that I knew who killed her idk if I just missed it or it wasn’t revealed but I don’t KNOW
Final Girls by Riley Sager

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3.0

mc was so DUMB bro I was annoyed but it did get tense at the end and I didn’t expect the twist 
Educated by Tara Westover

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5.0

 I can’t believe someone can survive what Tara has survived like I am just so Astounded because a childhood and family like hers is sheer torture