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186 reviews

The Testament of Mary by Colm Tóibín

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.75

read for my diss 🤪

A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

challenging funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat

challenging emotional funny hopeful slow-paced

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

4.0

A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

challenging emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

3.75

The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan

adventurous funny sad fast-paced

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

5.0

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Brooms by Jasmine Walls

adventurous hopeful fast-paced

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

4.0

Love, love, love! I didn't know I needed a magical Fast and Furious graphic novel in my life but, very obviously I did. Inspired by underground queer communities of colour, Brooms is set in 1930s Missippi where magic is heavily monitored. It follows a family who have been hurt by this heavy monitoring as they try to protect Emma and Mattie from having to attend a residential school like their older cousin. Bolstered by lovely art, Brooms is a queer, witchy story about love, family and togetherness. I read it in one sitting and it'll definitley be a story that I'll be returning to!

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

debut books should not be this good