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193 reviews

Butter Honey Pig Bread by francesca ekwuyasi

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism: The Belief System That Enables Us to Eat Some Animals and Not Others by Melanie Joy

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

How to Say Babylon by Safiya Sinclair

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

The Slave Yards by Najwa Bin Shatwan, Nancy Roberts

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.0

A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndrome by Ariel Henley

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.25

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

challenging hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.25

Happy Stories, Mostly by Norman Erikson Pasaribu

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0