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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

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

3.0

name one likeable character from this novel. I'll wait.
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

this is both Mormon literature and fan-fiction canonized by Steph Meyer at their finest.
All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg

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

4.0

I love reading about a toxic woman who grows aware of her toxicity and starts developing healthy emotions <3
Beyond Katrina: A Meditation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast by Natasha Trethewey

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emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

this book feels like a collage of memories--both the things we want to remember and the things we desperately wish we could forget--in the best way possible.
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

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adventurous emotional 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

3.0

both of these men are not great, but if you are still Team Jacob after all of the wild stunts he pulled in these six hundred pages, you need to get a lobotomy.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

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challenging dark funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • 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

3.0

this kind of made me wish I had just re-read Hamlet.
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

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adventurous dark informative reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

folks, I'm here to announce that Ray Bradbury saw into the future and I'm afraid it's very grim.
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Toni Morrison spends twenty pages dragging Ernest Hemingway to filth and I am simply thrilled by that.
The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions) by W.E.B. Du Bois

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Du Bois is the original academic weapon.
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

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

3.0

this is the most accurate depiction of a break up cause no one wants to be around a person who's just gotten their heart broken and I sure as hell did not want to be around Bella.