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240 reviews

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

Dark Angel by John Sandford

adventurous tense 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? No

0.0

Finished out of spite. Feels like John Sandford has never met a woman. Aggressively American. Do not recommend. 

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

2.0

The Bullet That Missed by Richard Osman

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

reflective sad fast-paced

The Fall by Louise Jensen

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.75

Only knocking off a tiny fraction of a point because I found one of the characters pretty insufferable lol. 

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

The Shining by Stephen King

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

New Boy by Tracy Chevalier

fast-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? It's complicated

1.5

Eye-rollingly one dimensional characters. Fairly unsympathetic to Osei. Just very let down by this book. Do not recommend. 

Also, I really don’t need to read a book by a white author about racial bullying. Lol.