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391 reviews

The Frame-Up by Wendy McLeod MacKnight

adventurous informative lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

I found so much art world lore I learned from Maggie Stiefvater's The Dreamer Trilogy and saw similarities to the living paintings in Harry Potter! I was captivated the whole time.

The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

The Language of Stones by Andrés Urzúa de la Sotta

4.5

Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit & Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction by Joshua Whitehead

adventurous emotional hopeful tense

4.0

Rebent Sinner by Ivan Coyote

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.25

Les Bonnes by Jean Genet

3.5

La Cantatrice Chauve by Eugène Ionesco

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

It was truly just a bunch of nonsense, but that's what made it funny. I enjoyed reading it, it was entertaining, absurd, silly.

Nadja by André Breton

challenging reflective 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? Yes

2.5

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Therese Desqueyroux by François Mauriac

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0