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Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Decided not to finish this because it's so poorly researched. Just in the first 15% there's a lot of questionable history and weird anachronism — for example, eyeglasses weren't invented until the 1200s, but Mathias' father had one apparently? (It would have been a reading stone, not an eyeglass.) I was willing to shrug off the anachronisms since it's fantasy until this line in chapter nine: "In the myths and legends that [Leto] had grown up on, the girls did not—well, they did not do very much at all besides an awful lot of weaving." I can't take a book seriously when the author admitted to not reading the literature it's based on, but still writes lines like that. Margaret Atwood's Penelopiad would be a better use of my time.
The Interrogative Mood by Padgett Powell

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challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

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dark mysterious sad medium-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? Yes

4.0