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102 reviews

Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson

emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

5.0

 This book reads like a love letter. Maybe it was the fact that it was written in second person, something that seems to create an intimacy between author and reader, while also forcing the reader to slow down-- using a point of view that novels are not often written in. Highly recommend if you’re looking for something slow, intimate, and beautiful. 

A Mercy by Toni Morrison

emotional fast-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

4.75

Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler, Damian Duffy

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.5

Exodus 20:3 by Freydís Moon

dark emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.75

Mountains Made of Glass by Scarlett St. Clair

adventurous dark tense 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

4.75

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.5

Hate Me by Summer O'Toole

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Okay we started off really strong, I loved it at much as I loved the first one. The spicy scenes chefs kiss, the banter chefs kiss, the whole spy subplot chefs kiss  BUT

 at first when Finn was doing is whole redemption arc with Effie at the farm I was like awww (the sunflower scene is special to me) but like I can’t describe my disappointment when he saw Effie’s father punching her in the stomach and then kicked her out the way he did. Like there was no reason and it ruined like the rest of the book for me.

Anyways if I pretend this book stopped at chapter 19 10/10 had a great time!

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

Sweet Vengeance by Viano Oniomoh

emotional lighthearted fast-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

Just a really nice, sweet, spicy story, had a good time. And I loved the dynamic between Joy and Malachi