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268 reviews

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems by Audre Lorde

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love by isthisselfcare

adventurous funny hopeful relaxing fast-paced

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Frontier by Grace Curtis

adventurous emotional hopeful tense 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 novel was marketed as Firefly meets Becky Chambers and they were dead on. Its got the heart and violence of Firefly with the inclusivity and world building of Becky Chambers but a voice and style all Curtis' own.

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

emotional hopeful reflective relaxing 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

A gentle hug of a book that I desperately needed. 

The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

2.5

I forced myself through this book only because I'd already bought the 3rd in the trilogy. 
The last 50ish pages have some decent action, the rest is magical people talking to and avoiding each other. It was so dull. I think it's trying to be super deep and mystical but all of that went over my head. 
I'll read the 3rd because I've got it but not for a long time!! 

I'm a Therapist, and My Patient is a Vegan Terrorist by Dr. Harper

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner by Chris Atkins

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5