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The Crucible by Arthur Miller

dark sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

I've never hated a woman more than Abigail Williams.

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

I believe in people. I forget about that belief a little too much, but it's at the core of who I am and it's at the core of this book. All of these people--these anxious, blunt, lying, hard to love people--made me remember every person needs someone to believe in them, even if it's a stranger they're being held hostage with.

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I wanted more space politics and space religion. ew! I hate that I said that. but it's the truth.

The Most Precious of Cargoes: A Tale by Jean-Claude Grumberg

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

2.5

maybe some topics should be left untouched by the whimsical.

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

dark reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.0

I am so here for using ghosts as a form of forced reflection around generational cycles.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

if this is your favorite classic, you need to touch grass and analyze your views on love. I'll pray for you.

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

HARRY CAMERON SUPREMACY!!! 

everyone else? jail. hate them. made me very angry.

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

funny informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

Carrie Fisher publishing her bad poetry about Harrison Ford is so messy and iconic.

The Careful Undressing of Love by Corey Ann Haydu

dark mysterious reflective medium-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? Yes

3.5

I'm just going to create a new ending in my head that actually concludes the plot and wraps up the collective grief and love/individual grief and love dichotomy.

The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

I don't care what you say: the use of first person plural is perhaps one of the greatest literary choices ever made.