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The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

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adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective sad slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Chlorine Sky by Mahogany L. Browne

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hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland

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challenging dark slow-paced

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

1.0

Honestly I don’t think I would ever recommend this book because there are better ones. Also serious trigger warning for self harm because there weren’t any warnings and it’s a prevalent action throughout the book. And there’s a horrible scene towards the end of the book where two black men are ripped up by dogs for sport and I could not stomach it. I know that human zoos were a thing in the time period where this book takes place and many aren’t aware of that. But honestly I felt like the author learned this fact one day and was like ‘I should add this to my book’ there was no reason for the scene, it contributed nothing to the plot, or the characters, or really anything at all. It was another use of black trauma by non black people for the shock factor or whatever and it made me sick. I felt like my ancestors were looking down on me in horror and disappointment wondering why I continued reading this horrid and disrespectful book.

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