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The Giver by Lois Lowry

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hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

3.5

Lois Lowry explains collective memory better in a children's novel than most literary and anthropological scholars, so suck on that academia.
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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challenging dark funny fast-paced

3.5

I am also glad her mom died.
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

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emotional funny 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? Yes

4.0

if anyone ever asks me what it's like to have OCD, I'm throwing this book at them.
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

I don't know who needs a hug more: me or Khaled Hosseini.
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

when men are both intimate and emotionally distant, I hate it; however, when Joan does it, it's literary talent and writing technique at its finest.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Ms. Donna slayed, which means this novel made me very stressed. her editor, however, did not slay, which also made me very stressed. overall, a source of slay and a source of stress. 
No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

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emotional funny reflective sad fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

absurd. i've got nothing else to say on this matter.
Eighteen Years by Madisen Kuhn

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emotional hopeful reflective relaxing slow-paced

3.0

this is definitely a debut collection and a lil repetitive, but such a healing read if you're a girl going through her first heartbreak (aka me).
Citizen 13660 by Miné Okubo

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challenging informative fast-paced

3.5

so why don't we teach or talk about this book?

note: read for ENGL 389R - American Literature after 1800 
Breathless by Jennifer Niven

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adventurous emotional reflective 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? Yes

5.0

as a girl full of big, messy emotions and even bigger, messier words who is going through her first heartbreak, this was a healing read. my grief, my anger, my confusion, my love--all of it feels seen, heard, and validated.