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Kingdom of No Tomorrow by Fabienne Josaphat

dark emotional sad medium-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

3.25

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver

emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

4.25

The Quiet Damage: QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family by Jesselyn Cook

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

The Margot Affair by Sanaë Lemoine

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.0

Mamaskatch: A Cree Coming of Age by Darrel J. McLeod

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.25

a heavy memoir that bared the soul of Darrel and his family. It contains a lot of pain and reflection and knowledge I didn't have about indigenous Cree folks in Canada. It also was choppy and hard to follow in some parts, and there were sections that didn't match the evocative writing of the beginning.

Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find—and Keep—Love by Amir Levine

informative medium-paced

3.25

An important primer that focuses on normative, heterosexual relationships and binary gender roles. That being said, it has utility and tangible suggestions. I didn't love how they characterized folks with avoidant attachment styles 

James: A Novel by Percival Everett

adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Like Happiness by Ursula Villarreal-Moura

emotional reflective tense 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

3.5