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307 reviews

Jazz by Toni Morrison

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

The Classic Hundred Poems: All-time Favorites by Poetry › American › GeneralLiterary Collections / GeneralLiterary Criticism / GeneralPoetry / American / GeneralPoetry / Anthologies (multiple authors)Poetry / European / English, Scottish, WelshPoetry / General, Irish

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.75

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

challenging emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

The Corset by Laura Purcell

adventurous informative mysterious sad tense medium-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? No

2.5

Vita Nostra by Sergey Dyachenko, Marina Dyachenko

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

She Doesn't Seem Autistic by Esther Ottaway

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Charles Dickens in Love by Robert Garnett

informative slow-paced

3.0

Garrett discusses the long-suffering real women in Dickens life & the fictional female characters they inspired; treating the latter with more interest & reverence. 
it's a credit to Garrett's writing that i remained engaged & entertained despite the constant doubling back & repeating of central assertions. 
this is a well-researched, thorough, heavily patriarchal biography of the 'love lives' of Charles Dickens. 

Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship by Clementine Ford

challenging dark sad medium-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault