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138 reviews

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

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challenging hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Pure Colour by Sheila Heti

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 71%.
challenging hopeful informative slow-paced

3.0

Light the Dark: Writers on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process by Joe Fassler

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

Body Work by Melissa Febos

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informative medium-paced

4.0

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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

5.0

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

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funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Motherhood by Sheila Heti

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

5.0