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1370 reviews

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

funny fast-paced

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

3.75

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo

emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

Midnight on the Marne by Sarah Adlakha

emotional tense medium-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? No

5.0

The Sleepless by Victor Manibo

3.5

Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal

dark funny

2.0

A novel whose time has come and gone. There are better Vidal novels to read.

Elective Affinities by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Galvanism and Ghouls by Tilly Wallace

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Shutter by Ramona Emerson

mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

The Last Queen by C.W. Gortner
Did not finish book.

I am always annoyed when an aristocratic or royal woman (like a princess of Spain) who lives in the Renaissance or Medieval period complains about not loving their intended husband. No royal woman of the time would have imagined anything so frivolous as marrying for love. 

The Path of Thorns by A.G. Slatter

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0