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239 reviews

If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity by Justin Gregg

funny informative fast-paced

4.0

This is the most entertaining book I’ve ever disagreed with. 

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between by Joseph Osmundson

informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

I have complicated feelings. A little boring, but better towards the end. This is like getting into someone’s head, reading their journal. Which is interesting. I did audio, so I especially liked hearing interview excerpts. That being said, felt a bit disjointed at times, like it was written then the author tried to make it all tie together after the fact. Still, I did enjoy a good portion of it. 

Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

medium-paced

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

2.5

The Road Trip by Beth O'Leary

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

I predicted literally EVERY plot point in this book

Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz

dark emotional informative medium-paced