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Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

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4.75

Hilarious, whip-smart, and a wild funny good ride with some big profound themes. Loved every minute of it and read it all in one go. 
Territory of Light by Yūko Tsushima

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

2.75

Chlorine by Jade Song

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2.75

The author’s prose felt unintentionally immature and with dated format. It comes off as try hard and cliche—like a high school narrative essay vs a novel. It almost reads like bad YA, except it’s not a YA novel. The story takes forever to get going, spending so much time in the background character development without ever successfully managing to creating a believable relationship between the characters, partially due to a lack of dialogue and long-winded monologues about how the characters feel for each other (telling us vs showing us the characters’ connections). It was a chore to get through.