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Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show by Bethany Joy Lenz

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

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

3.75

gorgeously writtten account of finding out your wife sucks 
Fayne by Ann-Marie MacDonald

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

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Did not finish book.
So brilliant that I could feel myself tensing up and becoming anxious as I read. Too! Close! To! Home!!!
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Well-written hopelessness. I can’t decide if I loathed it or appreciated it. 
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 34%.
Toooooo scary