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The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined by Stephenie Meyer

emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

It's gender-swapped Twilight with a few dazzles and dazzles. It was an interesting read almost 15 years after I first read it, but the issues with it still stand.

The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity by Nadine Burke Harris

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.25

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese-American by Laura Gao

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

3.75

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
Did not finish book. Stopped at 18%.

I stopped Kindle Unlimited!

Probably Ruby by Lisa Bird-Wilson

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.25

I so appreciate Bird-Wilson's characterization of Ruby and the way the book is written. I generally liked it, but found it hard to follow with the time-skips and a sense of not being sure where we were headed...somewhat like Ruby herself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, Colonisation

Moderate: Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault

I Know Who You Are by Alice Feeney
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

Didn't feel as real as her other books.

PET by Akwaeke Emezi

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.25