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184 reviews

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass by Lana Del Rey

reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.0

Every time there was a full page color picture in this book (and there’s a lot) all I could think was how expensive it must’ve been to print

Jazz by Toni Morrison

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

medium-paced

4.5

Essential 

The Carrying: Poems by Ada Limón

medium-paced

4.0

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman

informative medium-paced

4.0

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Hurting Kind by Ada Limón

reflective medium-paced

5.0

Real 

The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5