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Darius The Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram

emotional lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I finished this book with an heavy (but still somehow light) heart; to the ones whose place will always be empty: love and memory will keep it full in your stead.

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.5

Il cavaliere inesistente by Italo Calvino

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No

3.0

Firestar's Quest by Erin Hunter

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

My Hero Academia, Vol. 24 by Kōhei Horikoshi

5.0

Elfangor's Secret by K.A. Applegate

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Man, this was morbid even for an Animorphs book.

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"Welcome home, Neil" 🥺

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

informative

Mislaid in Parts Half-Known by Seanan McGuire

adventurous emotional

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

Oh my god, I can't believe I've finished it.
Some kind of curse got put upon me: I couldn't read this book without falling asleep. At last, my post-work insomnia did something right, thank you.

Anyway, I found the narrator the best part of this book. The writing style worked really well with the worldbuilding, but the characters and the romance really fell flat. I simply couldn't believe those two were in love with each other. In lust, maybe, but love? Why????

The rest of the cast vexed me and amused me in turn, with the vexing being way more prominent, sadly. I'm looking at you, Miss Bickle.

The plot was basically what kept me reading (I found the half-point climax really cool), but it felt really rushed at the end.

This seems to be a tale of wasted potential, dear reader.