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219 reviews

The Teacher by Freida McFadden

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

When She Returned by Lucinda Berry

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

Coming Clean by Kimberly Rae Miller

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

The Winners by Fredrik Backman

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A Murmer of Bees by Sofía Segovia, Sofía Segovia
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

Too much back and forth with characters and time frames. Always trying to explain the context of every characters decisions or actions with flashbacks in time. Hard to keep
Track. Not captivating enough. 

Beartown by Fredrik Backman

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

The Perfect Child by Lucinda Berry

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

So disturbing

Teaching Reading Is Rocket Science, 2020 by Louisa Cook Moats

informative

4.0