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A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum

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

5.0

Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

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

4.0

I shouldn't have enjoyed it and I feel like I should have found the characters annoying, but I loved it.
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell

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challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

Lodestar by Shannon Messenger

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adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

Minor Detail by Adania Shibli

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

5.0

I can't stop thinking about it.
A Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí Clark

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adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

I read this book for book club and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you can, I recommend listening to the audiobook. The narrator gave every character a personality and really pushed through the humor in this book. It's funny! I thought the concept was pretty unique, especially in the Cairo setting. 
Romancing Mr Bridgerton by Julia Quinn

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emotional lighthearted 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? No

3.0

I read this book after only reading the first book in the Bridgerton book series. I wanted to read it before season 3, to get an idea of the story. It was cute, it was fine, didn't love Colin's temper.
The Bullet Swallower by Elizabeth Gonzalez James

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

4.0

 Violent and a little more graphic than I expected. I think I could've done without the generational aspect and the ending felt anti-climactic, but I enjoyed it 
Neverseen by Shannon Messenger

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

4.25