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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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mysterious 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

2.75

Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Marjorie Liu

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challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

kippa reuniting with ren and immediately making a plan to resurrect maika?? my daughter!!
Monstress, Vol. 6: The Vow by Marjorie Liu

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challenging dark tense 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? Yes

4.25

somebody gotta get rid of tuya at this point
Monstress, Vol. 5: Warchild by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

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

5.0

I love when a story spends time just flashing neon lights at a specific character, shouting “this is the heart of the story, not the MC”.
kippa is precious and I want the world for her
Monstress, Vol. 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda

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challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

death to ren. to hell with the lord doctor
Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven by Marjorie Liu

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challenging dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • 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

Kippaaaa!!!
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

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challenging dark tense fast-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

1.5

this book had potential but somewhere between the third act
where mario k*lls brian
and the climax where
mario confronts juanca and ends up dead
, the book went in a direction I don't believe was bulit up thematically.
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Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu

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

4.5

Zinn and the shaman-empress have… what going on??
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

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

5.0

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The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

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

3.25