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The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

adventurous challenging informative lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

The Birth of a Nation: Nat Turner and the Making of a Movement by Nate Parker

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

informative reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I never read didactic novels, or novels about <abuse> but this book was handed to me by a close friend  who said "just read it, you'll love it". 
My friend was right. I stuck with it and it was amazing to me that I was able to fully sympathize with the <abused> and even the <abuser> and reflect on the sum of people embodying both good and evil. Flaws of character in human behavior are explored and sketched by the author so artfully and in ways that only someone with a personal connection to the story could ever explore.

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

sad tense medium-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

Started strong, poor second half and wondered if Steinbeck gave up on the novel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Gore

Short Stories by J. D. Salinger: Hapworth 16, 1924, the Laughing Man, the Inverted Forest, a Perfect Day for Bananafish, a Boy in France, Teddy by Books LLC

5.0

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Watership Down by Richard Adams

adventurous hopeful reflective

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

5.0

The writing is beautiful and transposes the reader to another time, world and place while still feeling like it's a novel about humanity. It's amazing how invested one can become in the lives of bunnies!

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Masterpiece!

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective tense 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

5.0

Novels by Milan Kundera: The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Slowness, the Joke, the Farewell Waltz by Books LLC

5.0