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244 reviews

Things We Lost in the Fire by Mariana Enríquez

challenging informative mysterious medium-paced

3.0

Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily Bernard

emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.0

Grass by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim

dark emotional hopeful informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

dark informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Children of Virtue and Vengeance by Tomi Adeyemi

adventurous hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I love this series! Can't wait to see what happens next.  I feel like the pacing was decent although I did get a bit bored in the middle.  A beautifully built world with an interesting group of characters.