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Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime by Ron Stallworth

Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.

The beginning was good, I was really hooked, but I just got to a part where he hadn't talked about the investigation for a long while and I found I didn't want to listen to random facts about random people in the police department...

Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness by Peter Godfrey-Smith

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informative inspiring relaxing medium-paced

3.25

I don't know enough to start for the quality of the content in this book, but I absolutely loved the audiobook. It was so nice and relaxing, felt like listening to sir David Attenborough!

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

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dark fast-paced

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

3.0

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I've thought about this book a lot since finishing it, and I still can't seem to figure out how I feel about it... I like the author's choice for the perspective through which the story is told, because it gets the point of the book across the most efficiently... but it's also a perspective I don't enjoy reading. So I think the intention of the story itself was great, but the reading experience wasn't that great

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