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61 reviews

The Forest Brims Over by Maru Ayase

challenging mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny

Idol, Burning by Rin Usami

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

3.75

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, Stalking

The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Hunters in a Narrow Street: A Novel by جبرا إبراهيم جبرا, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder

Minor: Police brutality, Alcohol

Not by Might, Nor by Power: The Zionist Betrayal of Judaism by Moshe Menuhin, Mark C. Miller, Adi Ophir
Did not finish book. Stopped at 42%.

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters

slow-paced

3.5

An Inconvenient Cop: My Fight to Change Policing in America by Jon Sternfeld, Edwin Raymond

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Maurice by E.M. Forster

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.5