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I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandes

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

On Being Blue by William H. Gass

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challenging informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Wonderlands: Essays on the Life of Literature by Charles Baxter

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challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Hex Life: Wicked New Tales of Witchery by Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christopher Golden, Rachel Caine, Theodora Goss, Kelley Armstrong, Rachel Autumn Deering

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

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dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

Ask the Dust by John Fante

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

5.0

A Manual for How to Love Us by Erin Slaughter

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

3.5

I found it wildly inconsistent. Some of the stories I devoured and others were a struggle to get through.
The Prelude by Marty Cain

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0