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337 reviews

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Cause Celeb by Helen Fielding

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Babel by R.F. Kuang

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

The Twist of a Knife by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.0

A Line to Kill by Anthony Horowitz

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

Mind of My Mind by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

Blood of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski

adventurous dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.5

Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton, James Patterson

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

The main character drove me up the wall (why does she keep hitchhiking??) and the writing is  just this side of not bad for a James Patterson book but this was a fun, novelty read. I got a huge kick out of spotting the parts that clearly belonged to Dolly. I’m looking forward to listening to the album she wrote for this book!

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

A lovely read. A beautiful tribute from the author to her community and to the moments and people that raised her. As the accounting of an adolescence told through vignettes, pacing is slow so I don’t know if I would have enjoyed this as much if I tried to stretch it out over a long period of time. For once I think my binge reading served me well by giving me an opportunity to see larger swaths of Smith’s storytelling at a time.