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80 reviews

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.5

Looker by Laura Sims

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challenging dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Uncharted Waters by Sally Hepworth

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mysterious relaxing fast-paced

4.5

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

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dark tense slow-paced

3.5

"It's easy to tell the dirtiest minds - look for the cleanest finger nails." - Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh 

The writing is great! However, the novel is random, repetitive and relies on vile behaviour and thoughts lovingly recounted.

Lastly, It is strange as a reader not to be interested in how 50 years separates two sides of one character who may as well be two different people.

3/5
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

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dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Brilliant. A thousand times over.
The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I struggled so much to read this one. I was wondering how everything would be tied up but I was bored from the beginning to the end. 

The first half of the book could have been trimmed to be less redundant. The second half is slightly more interesting. The ending is sort of satisfying.
Verity by Colleen Hoover

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

This. Book. Man, what a wild ride!! Dark. Twisted and absolutely incredible.
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

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emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5