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81 reviews

Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

Elsewhere: A Novel by Gabrielle Zevin, Gabrielle Zevin

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

A very young adult book, and I'm now an adult adult...

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Easy reading, if you can get past the teenage boy incel protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Suicide

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

You can tell that this book is written by a man. So many of the sex scenes are odd and uncalled for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

challenging emotional sad tense medium-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

This book made me cry multiple times, but also laugh out loud as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Toxic friendship

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.5

While the book seems a little all over the place, there were some inspiring sections that - as a runner myself - I found heartwarming. 

Trouble by Lex Croucher

funny lighthearted relaxing medium-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

4.0

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

The first story of the book does not grasp you, but the following three are emotional and pull you into the world.