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Carrie by Stephen King

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

4.0

The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda Montell

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funny hopeful informative inspiring relaxing fast-paced

4.0

It Ends At Midnight by Harriet Tyce

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mysterious reflective tense 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

2.75

At first I was really enjoying it, then about halfway I was sick of the characters I hated them all except for the narrator and I was so sure I knew where it was going. Bit of a twist at the end that changes my view of it that was a surprise, but not my fave thing I’ve read
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Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo

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adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Thoroughly enjoyed this sequel to Ninth House can’t wait for the final part of the trilogy. This is one of my fave dark academia series’ - lots of twists, lots of dark/occult stuff and just enough humour to keep it a little lighter.
The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

I’m not normally a huge fan of celebrity memoirs, I’ve only read a couple by celebs that I like or find funny. Reading RuPaul’s House Of Hidden Meanings changed that. It was a deep dive into RuPaul’s early life and it was a whirlwind, I was fascinated and shocked by the things he’s experienced and I loved his outlook on life that he came to learn. One of the best memoirs I’ve read. I just wish it carried on to current day Ru, but I think a second book may be in the works for that 
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A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

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

4.0

Really enjoyed the current final installment of ACOTAR wasn’t sure how I felt about Nesta/Cassian as the main characters at first but grew to love them so much throughout. Only qualm as I’ve found with the rest of the series (except AOMAF) was I felt the beginning to middle of it was a bit slow a fair amount of the same thing over and over, but like the others the last quarter of the book makes up for it
Cujo by Stephen King

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dark emotional tense fast-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

4.5

Loved Cujo a lot, very horrifying and sad but still very entertaining. A couple things could’ve been tied up a little better but it didn’t matter so much to me it made sense and was very enjoyable
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Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

Really enjoyed Captive Prince, I felt the story could’ve had more to it as the first part of a trilogy but it was still very good. I’m excited to read the rest of the trilogy and see where the story goes
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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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? Yes

3.0

This was a cute little story, I enjoyed it but expected to love it a lot more than what I actually did. I think it just wasn’t for me genre wise
Billy Summers by Stephen King

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adventurous mysterious reflective 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

3.75