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650 reviews

Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by Lulu Miller
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

The Magician's Nephew by C.S. Lewis

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

The Memory of Animals by Claire Fuller

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The Mad Women's Ball by Victoria Mas

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging 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

5.0

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Still Falling: Poems by Jennifer Grotz

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

There are two things I know for certain about life: There will be grief and there will be ways in which the natural world conquers it. I was so excited to read this collection. It reminds me a lot of Louise Glück meets Keetji Kuipers. Which is to say, it was beautiful and haunting. Reading it felt sort of like how you feel when you’re driving through a dip in the road and you lose your stomach for a second. It’s both exhilarating and causing you to think critically of the makeup of your being. The pacing and sonic quality is calculated which, I think, helps to make the poems land as they do. I found myself underlining so many lines and stopping just so I could put the book down and say damn. Grotz writes about the way grief and flora (and fauna) converge into the human experience. I’ve never read a poetry collection that matches my understanding of grief before this book. I am forever changed after having read it. I would recommend this collection to every stranger I ever meet.