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Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

This is my second time reading it and as always, tloftf does not disappoint. I absolutely adore how the author reflects human nature and the disparities between giving into those natural instincts and stain in line with what society has imposed you or taught you over the years. I absolutely adored the way. The author described the island as if it was part of the character development as if it was another character in itself and as a representation of what nature actually is, I think I only had a problem with the boys ages I understand they were actually little kids, and they had to grow a significant lot to develop the personality that they did at the end, but since the beginning, they felt older I mean, you would’ve understand it with piggy that lived like with his aunt and maybe not around a lot of kids he didn’t have like a lot of friends so he would understand him as a little bit more mature, wise and well thought person, but all the others had no background whatsoever that would induce you to believe that they had a little bit more maturity than a normal 12-year-old or maybe I am this crediting 12-year-old but that was just my impression. I absolutely love this book and I love the feeling that it leaves in your body while you’re reading it and after you read it it just makes me think there is so much more of what we are and what we actually need than what we portray in society. It just makes me think how society shapes us in a certain way or a certain form and how will that Break when we are extracted from it. I just love when a book leaves you in an existential crisis.
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Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Wow, just wow. I did not enjoyed the brain rot this book gave me. In a lot of ways this book felt (because it is) as a political analysis and critique of our own word and operational social system. Yet, it feels so futuristic, so ridiculously far fetched, so far away from our actual timeline, but the book is like a 100 years old. I loved the political convection I had to this book but I didn’t feel that with the characters or even the narration. In some parts the narration and tone was really awkward, detached and messy, and in a way this things added to the story but they kin of threw me off pace when reading. Regardless, I feel like this book is really worth it to explore new ideas of what social control can look like and from where it comes. 
Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

Funny Story by Emily Henry

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

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reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

I mean yeah it’s beautifully written but I think women being fooled by men and leaving the rest of their lives in a desert island just to be fooled by men again are not my type of book. I felt the same way thing with Circe but I do feel Circe had a little bit more motivation to do something. Idk it didn’t speak out to me 
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren

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emotional lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Other than the fact that this authors are complete zionists, I was absolutely adoring like the first 90% of this book. It’s a funny little romance, I was screaming and kicking my feet up into the air but the last 10% that resolved the whole “lost contact for 11 years was absolutely atrocious.
fi First of all the way it’s fucking written because you are introduced to this problem as this huge fucking breakthrough that absolutely wrecked the insane relationship and connection that two people had. I mean, they kinda built this situation in a way you would’ve imagined something so horrendous that the other person did that completely fucked up the relationship. Every year, and there we were given hints that both of these people made a mistakes in the past, and those mistakes led to the downfall of this amazing relationship and at the end of the day none of these two characters made a single Mistake. On Elliott’s side, he was basically raped and everything was described as he made a mistake for being fucking drunk. Excuse me drunk is not the reason or is not justification for you to get raped. And why the fuck are two grown ass women trading these violation as an honest teenager mistake, as it something that happens every time someone gets drunk at a party. That was the fucking dealbreaker for me like I lost it.  it was represented as a cheating situation. This was not fucking cheating and to be honest it really made me feel so fucking uncomfortable and I didn’t even wanted to keep reading, just because I had like 10 fucking pages left I finished the book. But otherwise I really think this issue broke it for me. I don’t know what the fuck.
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I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

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adventurous lighthearted fast-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

3.5

ORGULLO Y PREJUICIO by Jane Austen

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

3.0

Ummm mucho texto?? Que se yo