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539 reviews

Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone by Brené Brown

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

Trans Care by Hil Malatino

hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

Loved The Good Place, highly enjoy this exploration into secular, western moral philosophy from the creator of the show. Will read again.

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

I've read this one multiple times, in paperback and as an audiobook. I live it every time. The characterisation is beautiful, the show development of the relationship, the varied world's and times. Will, undoubtedly, read again.  Would, unquestionably, recommend.

The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (as Told to His Brother) by David Levithan

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

A quick read that explores well the idea of what happens when the door to Narnia closes, the traveling child returns, and those in the "real world" don't believe him.

Well written, engaging premise, and a delightful story about finding out what it is to live where you are.

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

4.5

This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel

challenging hopeful 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? No

5.0

The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5