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122 reviews

The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Classic SJM insanity but like… can we get her an editor these do not need to be 800+ pages

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

challenging emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Abandonment

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker

informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

A really challenging take and multi perspective study on the prison system in America, the death penalty, true crime, morality, and the hidden victims of violent crime. Desperately sad and hard to read at some points but really made me think. This book will stick around with me for a while

VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

adventurous hopeful medium-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? No

3.5

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark 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

You Just Need to Lose Weight: And 19 Other Myths about Fat People by Aubrey Gordon

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

challenging emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0