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A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

A perfect book to lazily start and finish by the pool, which was exactly what I did. Definitely an experimental or avant-garde book. I chose it bc I wanted to read something bonkers and off the wall and this satisfied the itch perfectly 

Either/Or by Elif Batuman

funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

Apollo's Song by Osamu Tezuka

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

a just about perfect collection of sur-real stories

Safe as Houses by Marie-Helene Bertino

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.5

It's Not Like It's a Secret by Misa Sugiura

fast-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

2.5

Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

finished in one day

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

slow-paced

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

2.5

This book cuts through perspectives of the titular characters and their friends and family. Each chapter focuses on a different character's life, which works bc Cleo and Frank are so boring, but also doesn't work because some characters don't get the ending the deserve (ex. Zoe and Quentin). Some chapters read like short stories, especially the sugar glider chapter, and others feel like they are thrown in without a beginning or end. I liked it and I recommended it but overall it was just okay ? 

Also, did you notice the side characters are almost all marginalized? Santiago, Audrey, Quentin, Zoe, Eleanor...they all exist to prop up the main (straight, yt, boring) characters. Even the story acknowledges that Cleo and Frank are the most boring parts of the story. I enjoyed the chapters that did not feature the titular characters. 

The eventual (there has to be an adaptation, right?) tv show will be much better. 

Solanin by Inio Asano

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby

funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Painfully self aware. The basis for all indie romantic comedies. I liked this much more than I thought I would. Truly laugh out loud funny moments and cringe relatability