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Headshot by Rita Bullwinkel

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

Private Rites by Julia Armfield

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4.5

Ordinary Notes by Christina Sharpe

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2.75

Inciting Joy: Essays by Ross Gay

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4.75

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us by Hanif Abdurraqib

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3.75

A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley

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3.5

Duino Elegies: A Bilingual Edition by Rainer Maria Rilke

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3.0

Nobody is Ever Missing by Catherine Lacey

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3.5

Thin Skin: Essays by Jenn Shapland

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4.25

The Unpassing by Chia-Chia Lin

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 23%.

I struggle with child narrators. The perspective and writing is so plainspoken in a way that's just sort of boring and isn't grabbing my attention. If I didn't have so many other books on my shelf to get to, I'd stick with this -- but I'm setting it aside.