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The Only Living Girl on Earth by Charles Yu

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

Lighthouse Island by Paulette Jiles
Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.

The disability representation and language is not sitting well with me. It started off so good…

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

Didn’t even get far. 
The writing was too matter-of-fact and not immersive. Don’t know how else to describe it. Was not emotive at all. Might get back to it because I dropped it very early but just wasn’t feeling it. 

A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

challenging emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, War, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Abortion, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

The Best Man by Natasha Anders

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

The Wrong Man by Natasha Anders

emotional 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

4.25

Out On a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.25

One Last Job by Anise Starre

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.75

Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert

adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

I loved it. 
I read it low and slow to savour it. 
And like many of Talia Hibbert’s books, I am very sad that it is finished. 🥹🥹🥹

One of the things I loved was the excessive hyperbole 😂😂😂 my level of exaggeration of the inconvenience of emotion always gets fed by Talia. Thank you. 💛💛💛💛 I also just laughed out loud so often with this book and I loved that. 

Both of them are just so cute with their lovely friends and wonderful families. I loved them together. I loved them with their friends. I loved them alone in their thoughts. 

I always really appreciate YA like this because man I really needed it when I was this age. I’m all warm inside now. 

Team Players by Deanna Grey

emotional 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

3.25