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302 reviews

The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire

challenging emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

one of the few graphic novels I've read where I truly believe no other medium could have been used to tell this story.  This is not simply a story with picture to go along, it is a story told through images.

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

adventurous reflective relaxing medium-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

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was less a series of interestingly interconnected stories and more a series of short stories, each told halfway then the endings revealed.  Which sounds interesting, until your in the last quarter and trying to remember whose story you're in and what the hell is going on.
The book was fine, the stories themselves were really engaging, I'm just a spoiled brat and wanted them all to actually connect in some way

The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon

challenging dark 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

2.0

It is astounding that a book this short can feel this long.  I'm not positive anything occurs in it.

Y The Last Man Book One by Brian K. Vaughan

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 4 by Inio Asano

dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

The Color of Earth by Lauren Na, Kim Dong Hwa

emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

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

4.0

The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

Ringworld by Larry Niven

challenging informative slow-paced

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

1.5

An interesting world with a story about as interesting as salt