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236 reviews

Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This was spooky and i really liked the writing

Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional hopeful inspiring tense slow-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

4.5

Literally amazing up until the end. I predicted that. And she should’ve won!!

Normal People by Sally Rooney

emotional 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

Really really liked this. It hurt.

Animal Farm by George Orwell

dark funny slow-paced

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

5.0

It’s a classic.

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

gonna finish later 

Debating Darcy by Sayantani DasGupta
Did not finish book. Stopped at 33%.

slump

This Time It's Real by Ann Liang

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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? No

4.0

Really cute, but seriously unbelievable. That’s fine though. The audiobook reader was kind of awkward and it made the writing sound so immature.

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

It’s Agatha Christie what can I say

Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Definitely not the strongest one. But THAT CLIFF HANGER!!!! Whatttt

Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Even better than the first one, in my opinion.