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116 reviews

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.75

Funny Story by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Lovelight Farms by B.K. Borison

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

The Calcutta Chromosome: A Novel Of Fevers, Delirium And Discovery by Amitav Ghosh

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Acts of God by Kanan Gill

challenging funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

This book is narratively self-aware. Funny and philosophical, imaginative, and like a literary fiction, it is a book that is worth reading if you go for books that make you think while laughing. Or you like daily dose of humor with philosophy. As the writer says, it is to be chewed properly. 
What i understood from this book is the grief of Dr. K and how it led him to play God of a universe in which Manjunath and Heng are staying. What I found a little jarring was perhaps the verbs before the apostrophe for the words said by the characters. Or it could be just me. They felt a little repetitive to be noticed. Overall it is something new I read so it is good for me. There are certain plot points about their reasons to do these simulations and the reasons not to do these simulations which seemed a little out of what I have seen. So that's why gave 4 for now. Because I liked the way it is written, and also, the world of Dr. K. I liked the idea of a God creating these universes and destroying them for his reasons (it will be spoiled if I say). And I think it needs another read for me to get it. 

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.

Want to read it some other time. 

Made in Korea by Sarah Suk

emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

It is a YA book with Korean teenagers as its protagonists who are living in America. It is a fun and heart warming and light read. The story also builds up on their friendship along with their attraction. I loved that part as well.

The Plotters by Un-su Kim

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

I have finished it and I would say that reading this story felt like watching a Korean noir thriller with lots of violence and men being in the middle of all that violence and action. And inspite of all that you find our main protagonist, who lives his life as an assassin and gets embroiled in this plot that he wasn't supposed to be in. Did the end justify the story? Perhaps, since it is because of the protagonist. I am unable to say a lot more about the themes of the book, but can say that capitalism shows its ugly side in this book. Setting of a library as our protagonist's childhood setting is indeed a new thing (haven't seen an assassin reading) but I cannot see of his mentor being against reading since he has also been reading. But I guess he considers that as a bane as he has to see through all of that plotting thing since he know how to read. Perhaps. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer

informative medium-paced

5.0

365 Poems for Life by Allie Esiri
Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.

Less time but enjoyed the books.