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715 reviews

Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

adventurous dark medium-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

4.75

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

Minor Detail was a riveting, short novella that I read in one sitting.

I found it fascinating reading something from slightly out of my comfort zone and outside my race/nationality. The two parts to this book were different, yet they had similarities if you looked closely.

I honestly wish it had delved more deeply into part two as the ending was very abrupt.

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? Yes

5.0

I wasn’t sure what I was going to expect with Cinder. I knew it was sci-fi and that Cinderella was a cyborg but that’s about it. I didn’t think I’d get so invested in the futuristic setting and the twist and turns it took from the fairytale version. I loved the characters and was rooting for Cinder the entire time.

Hirayasumi, Vol. 1 by Keigo Shinzo

hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-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? Yes

5.0

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.5

The Road was full of short, linear vignettes about a father and his son travelling through the wasteland in a dystopian future. Dark, bleak and haunting.

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

emotional hopeful lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.5

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

hopeful medium-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? No

5.0

Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 1 by Inio Asano

dark emotional medium-paced

3.75

It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.25

Mall Goth by Kate Leth

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

4.75