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46 reviews

The Selection by Kiera Cass

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emotional lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.25

enjoyable fluffy YA
Educated by Tara Westover

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dark hopeful reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

really good but the pacing was not my favorite. the first half feels very repetitive, just story after story of gruesome accidents and the family refusing to seek medical treatment. lots of gore. i relate in some ways which is unnerving. 
The House of My Mother by Shari Franke

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

she is such a good writer and she is SO CLOSE!!! i am waiting for her deconstruction from mormonism - one day she will see how the church enabled this whole thing. but somehow she still defends it in this. i see a lot of myself in her tho 
Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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emotional funny hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

so cute and heartwarming 
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

really really good. my only complaint is that some of the foreshadowing was a bit heavy handed
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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

3.5

as a perpetual scholarship kid, “rich people have feelings too” is not really a trope that interests me. also, this book has a  habit of telling instead of showing 
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

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

3.25

i did not find this sequel at all necessary. tho if they were to do that i would have preferred a book entirely from aunt lydia’s perspective. she was this book’s saving grace
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

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dark hopeful tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.25

some slight annoyances but overall really good i enjoyed it. this girls
plot armor was insane tho 
Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings by Mark Twain

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challenging dark funny fast-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? Yes

5.0

this made me laugh out loud and also verbalized things that i had thought but never put together in that specific way before. 
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True Biz by Sara Nović

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emotional informative tense 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? Yes

5.0

i wanted more! i learned a lot. i thought it was very clever that the author used the Deaf history class as a means to educate the audience through charlie 
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