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24 reviews

Thornyhold by Mary Stewart

mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

Well. It certainly contains words and sentences, presented in a competent, pleasant-to-read order. And class-based bigotry! And a surprise farcical ending. Meh.

Monstress, Vol. 7: Devourer by Sana Takeda, Marjorie Liu

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

Out of Service (a Supernatural Comedy about a Dysfunctional Family of Ghost Hunters - Stranger Things Meets Little Miss Sunshine) by Gabby Hutchinson Crouch

dark funny hopeful fast-paced

5.0

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You: How Artificial Intelligence Works and Why It's Making the World a Weirder Place by Janelle Shane

challenging funny informative slow-paced

4.5

What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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

5.0

Ancestors: A prehistory of Britain in seven burials by Alice Roberts

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective

5.0

Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World by Alice Roberts

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

Buried: An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain by Alice Roberts

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Spirals in Time: The Secret Life and Curious Afterlife of Seashells by Helen Scales

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0