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The Gorgeous Nothings by Emily Dickinson

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informative reflective relaxing fast-paced

5.0

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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

5.0

Requiem for a Redbird by Torli Bush

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emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Incredible poet

"To science making you dream of brontosaurus" 
"I have taken a liking to sourdough bread savory, toasted, broken with breakfast among friends"
"She would not haunt the exhumists;"

Bush extracts the salt of the earth with this one and calls it what it is -- crystal.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

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dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Great book on grief and the societal pressures of conventional relationships. Not gonna lie it was a hard read for me in that it drudged up some old family wounds but still one of my new all-time favorites.