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Ordbok for overlevelse by Ingeborg Senneset

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

Everyone should read this. Very succinct and honest. It made me feel so seen and also very hopeful, which is incredible, cause I rarely relate to so called "self-help" books... But this was just the author telling her story and understanding that her experiences, though special and unique to her, are lived by a lot of people.

I will recommend this to anyone ever

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Saga, Vol. 10 by Brian K. Vaughan

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adventurous challenging emotional tense fast-paced

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

3.25

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

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mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Happy Place by Emily Henry

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.0

This was just fine to me, I found it fell into the miscommunication trap too many times, not just between the main couple, but also between the main character and her friends, her family and also in the subplots between the friends, so the first three quarters dragged quite a bit.

However, I really loved reading about the relationship between Harriet and her parents... I felt very seen, and I thought her whole emotional journey was really great. The lasy quarter also was good, but the road to it was loooong.

A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam

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emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

I wanted to read more from Sri Lankan authors AND read more books outside my comfort zone, so I picked this up knowing it was heavy on the introspection (is that a word?). The 2/3 of this book flew by, and I absolutely loved it. The secondary characters were so great I didn't even think of how it's all in the main character's head. However, in the last third, the main character is by themselves and the pace slowed down too much for me, and I sadly lost interest.

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Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe

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emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

I gathered from the previous three books that the burn would be slow, but my god... I think the previous was more sizzling, this has more of a middle-book syndrome to it. I still enjoyed Persephone's character development!

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced