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286 reviews

Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Gun violence

The Book Swap by Tessa Bickers

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Drug use

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston
Did not finish book.

The worst combination of miscommunication and second chances tropes (and I’m a second chance trope stan

Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective

4.0

The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.75

A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter

adventurous inspiring lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5