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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Very interesting of Sally Rooney to write about ten year age gaps, dead dads, autism and reading the IFI programme in the foyer. 

Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin

emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Better by Far by Hazel Hayes

emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

Not the screening of mirror in the IFI

Essays in Love by Alain de Botton

informative fast-paced

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

3.0

Lost a star for a juvenile misunderstanding of Marxism 

The Lesser Bohemians by Eimear McBride

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Keir Starmer: The Biography by Tom Baldwin

informative medium-paced

2.5

Missing: Missing Without Trace in Ireland by Barry Cummins

dark informative medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

This Plague of Souls by Mike McCormack

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

TOLKA, Issue 2 by Niamh Campbell

challenging reflective medium-paced

2.75