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121 reviews

The Summer Job by Lizzy Dent

funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.75

The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta

challenging funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.5

Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover

emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes

lighthearted relaxing 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? No

2.0

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence by Michele Filgate

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

emotional informative sad fast-paced

4.75