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Architecture: From Prehistory to Climate Emergency by Barnabas Calder

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challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata

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mysterious reflective 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

3.25

Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Wasn’t immediately grabbed by this but the last 100 pages were incredible. Totally blown away by the ending and message, and those 3 scenes where Tom interviews/interrogates each family member… it felt like something out of a Dostoyevsky

Dancing in the Dark by Karl Ove Knausgård

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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

4.25

Really enjoyable read, but some of the darker parts of Karl’s character as a teenager definitely made me uncomfortable. It’s hard to comprehend writing about yourself so honestly and it makes me wonder whether I was as messy as a teenager/young adult? Quite possibly, I mean, almost definitely, but it still makes some of this a bit icky. Still, the intensity of emotions, the self-centredness, the horny mess, the desire to be someone … this book does bring it back and take a nice meandering way through an interesting chapter of Karl’s life.

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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dark hopeful reflective 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

4.75

Reading this book was like spending an afternoon at a beautiful gallery. In the few pages here, you get a glimpse of this man, his life, and the powers that shape existence in the town. It’s incredibly touching and dark, and left me thinking about it days after.

H(A)PPY by Nicola Barker

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adventurous slow-paced