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191 reviews

Wake, Siren: Ovid Resung by Nina MacLaughlin

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

The Wild Huntress by Emily Lloyd-Jones

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

5.0

A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy by Nathan Thrall

emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

The Braille Encyclopedia: Brief Essays on Altered Sight by Naomi Cohn

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Border of Paradise by Esmé Weijun Wang

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Landscapes by Christine Lai

emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I highly recommend this book!

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.

Need to read other required books first

The Fox Wife by Yangsze Choo

adventurous emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Glad I picked up this book again after I stopped a few months ago. I loved it: well-written and weaved in with cultural history that fascinated me.

Do You Remember Being Born? by Sean Michaels

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0