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87 reviews

The Word Is Murder by Anthony Horowitz

lighthearted mysterious 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

3.5

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

Strange Bodies by Marcel Theroux

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Happily surprised to see an Aitmatov reference. Enjoyed the modern-day folk-horror novel, although it felt a bit too loose on the unravel. And I have questions. Overall, worth reading.

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

dark 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? Yes

4.5

Plastic by Scott Guild

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.0

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

dark sad tense medium-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

5.0

Mystic River by Dennis Lehane

dark mysterious 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

3.5

Severance by Ling Ma

dark reflective 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? No

4.5

Love the story & the writing quite a bit. It has a melancholic and warm tone much like nostalgia, which, if you've read the book...

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

informative 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? No

4.5

A short story that manages to feel full.  I'd have loved to read more about Furlong and the little town and the convent. I'd have loved more. 

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

5.0