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239 reviews

This Must Be the Place by Maggie O'Farrell

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

Okay I am now a Maggie O’Farrell stan (as if Hamnet and The Marriage Portrait weren’t good enough lol)

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

adventurous slow-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

4.25

Five Tuesdays in Winter by Lily King

3.75

Filth by Irvine Welsh

challenging dark slow-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

1.5

This book literally put me in a bad mood. Gross, racist, sexist, homophobic narrator. A few points for an occasional laugh it got out of me. 
Weirdly this hasn’t put me off Irvine Welsh as I find the writing both interesting and challenging. Just hate this character. 

The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.25

Euphoria by Lily King

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

Writers & Lovers by Lily King

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-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

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0