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369 reviews

Creep: Accusations and Confessions by Myriam Gurba

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

5.0

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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

5.0

Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat by Derek Beres

informative

5.0

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.

Local library discontinued their digital subscription of this book before I could finish. Will return when I source another version.

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

5.0

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

challenging dark

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky

mysterious

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

4.75

The Guest by Emma Cline

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

4.75

The Men Can't Be Saved by Ben Purkert

funny

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

4.25

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

3.0

Mediocre, despite all the hype. Two-dimensional characters, unsubtle writing. If you find the premise interesting, read 'Disorientation' by Elaine Hsieh Chou instead.