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There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib

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reflective slow-paced

2.0

The prose in this book is beautiful but it’s like reading one long simile that borders on self masturbatory.  Perhaps I am not the target audience it’s a beautifully written book just not for me. Nothing really happens it’s like listening to your grandpa talk out loud if your grandpa was a beautiful confused rambling poet.
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

4.5

Very relatable and honest, it wasn’t what advertising had me expect.  I’m glad Jennette was able to do something else.
Heartstopper Volume 1 by Alice Oseman

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

4.25

I was blushing and kicking my feet, really encapsulates school aged crushes.
Infidel by Pornsak Pichetshote

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hopeful 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? It's complicated

2.25

A heavy handed moral lesson that could have been interesting if it wasn’t so rudimentary.
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Circe by Madeline Miller

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adventurous lighthearted fast-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? Yes

3.5

I liked this book even though Circe was a bit of a cry baby sometimes.  I rooted for her anyway.
Relic by Douglas Preston

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adventurous mysterious tense slow-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? No

3.5

Negative Space by B.R. Yeager

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

3.75

This book was bizarre but compelling.  Incredibly uncomfortable and unsettling in a way that kept me hooked.  I never really understood what was going on perfectly but the dark vibes were just right.
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