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17 reviews

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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? No

4.5

Read this with my partner and we took turns reading for Red and Blue so that was extra special. The only time war lost is the time you'll spend devouring this book -- it's fast, it's intriguing, some analogies are somewhat nebulous and more than a few did go over my head at points but overall a romantic and beautiful read.♥️💙

The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

Ogawa writes as if she's trying to pin down the remnant of a dream. And you can't help but chase it along with her. 

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

This book single-handedly got me out of my reading slump and reinvigorated the joy of reading. Fast and couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.25

Petition to make these games irl. Gabrielle Zevin has a way of making me want to be physically inside these games, I need to play them now! A love letter to gamers and game makers everywhere 🎮

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Toxic relationship

Normal People by Sally Rooney

emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

3.25

I expected to cry, to be moved. Was left feeling overall lukewarm about everything and everyone. These don't feel like the people I would want to be around, normally. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Do you like pain? You're about to.  Ocean makes prose and trauma poetry.  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia and Death

Bunny by Mona Awad

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

A secret history but make it with feral girls. Every single one of these gals were more interesting than the Greek class combined. Batsh*t crazy, you think you know what's going on -- you don't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Violence and Body horror

Minor: Toxic friendship