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The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

If I’m going to read high brow fiction I have to struggle to understand I would at least like it to not be focused on loser pervy boys and their apparent dedication towards sexualizing girls and robbing them of all autonomy.

The One by Kiera Cass

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

America learn from your mistakes challenge, level: impossible

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Insanely good but went on a little too long for my taste. The length of the book distracted (or at least shifted) from the central theme that initially caught my interest and didn’t add much besides perhaps sympathy for the narrator.

Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Concept was incredibly interesting, but lacked follow through. There is a reason why when this book is marketed, they focus solely on the five crewmembers and their struggles to keep their sanity aboard this “haunted” spaceship. Exploring these peoples interpersonal relationships in this incredibly high stakes environment, where they are trying to hold onto their sanity and avoid hurting each other or themselves is inherently. Interesting. It’s also horrific. So then tell me why that was only a focus of the book for a session, and even then it was not explored to the fullest extent that it could’ve been. It almost felt like this section of the book the author was trying to rush out of so that they could get to the action packed part of the story. But I was not told this was an action book, I was told it was a horror book. I was not scared in the slightest for the majority of this novel. Again, while the conceit of the book is fantastic there is just pour follow through, and I have to give it 2/5 stars.

The Elite by Kiera Cass

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lighthearted slow-paced