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201 reviews

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

A Sister's Story by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

reflective

3.0

The Girls by Emma Cline

challenging dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

Please Look After Mother by Kyung-sook Shin

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

The Mothers by Brit Bennett

challenging reflective

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

3.5

What My Mother and I Don't Talk about: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by

reflective

2.5

A Girl Returned by Donatella Di Pietrantonio

dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Girls of a Certain Age by Maria Adelmann

dark reflective sad

1.5

Brown Girls by Daphne Palasi Andreades

reflective fast-paced

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

3.25