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108 reviews

Spy x Family, Vol. 4 by Tatsuya Endo

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

Spy x Family, Vol. 3 by Tatsuya Endo

funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

Tales from the Café by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Spy x Family, Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-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? No

4.5

She and Her Cat by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, Makoto Shinkai

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Spy x Family, Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.0

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

4.75

Poland first to fight... czyli II wojna światowa by Wojciech Drewniak

dark funny informative medium-paced

3.75

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

dark emotional hopeful informative slow-paced

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

1.5

As a woman in science, I thought I would love this book. Instead I felt like it talked down to me. Many science references were there to sound smart. It felt like a constant stream of Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory with shoehorned feminism, which didn't feel as such as most of the women in the story felt very two dimensional.
To say this book was a disappointment is an understatement. I didn't hate it but I certainly didn't like it.

Also the sentient dog ground my gears a lot. I am a dog person but despite this, I saw no point at all in SixThirty in this story at all.