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Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

3.5

Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon by Michael Lewis

reflective medium-paced

2.0

Do listen to the correwponding if books could kill episode for a balanced perspective. 

Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

The gimmicks and pace wear thin for the second half. Did love all the acknowledgements that I was listening to the audiobook and how this was reflected whenever the narrator addressed the reader. 

The Lie of the Land: Who Really Cares for the Countryside? by Guy Shrubsole

challenging funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

Eye opening is a good word to describe this book. I feel like it gave me the tools to critically engage with media coverage and policy decisions on land use. And now im mad about it. 

Trouble by Lex Croucher

funny medium-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

4.0

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Targeted: My Inside Story of Cambridge Analytica and How Trump and Facebook Broke Democracy by Brittany Kaiser

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

Extremely defensive position from the author. She tries to justify her choices when an outside perspective from the reader makes it clear quite easily that they're the wrong choices and often for the wrong reasons. Even so it's interesting to have this insider perspective even if it is biased and paints all others in a worse light while spinning a woe is me tale. 

The Return of Fitzroy Angursell by Victoria Goddard

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

I did not expect the book to end where it did, halfway through the quest. The pacing felt off too, with the first 75% or so hopping from one adventure to the next and then the last quarter it suddenly turns a lot more introspective. 

Resistance by Val McDermid

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

3.0

Eerily prescient

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0