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246 reviews

Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

Such an interesting premise to a book. As someone who works in hospice, I could see a lot of parallel’s between both Wren and Lewis’s journeys and the ones of hospice patients.

I really liked the first part book and seeing how both Wren and Lewis struggled to cope with Lewis’ diagnosis. That being said,

I didn’t care for Angela’s part of the story or Lewis’ part after he fully transformed. I think it would have been more impactful if we didn’t see Lewis after he went into the ocean. It would have been a more true representation of grief and death

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

I had no motivation to finish this honestly 

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent

Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-Jin

fast-paced

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

2.0

I get unlikeable main characters but this one really sucked. Not for me 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Violence

Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 1%.

The audiobook narrator has the vocal inflection of John Mulaney and it annoyed the hell out of me 

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Vomit

The Last List of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson

medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent

Minor: Cancer

A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, War, Injury/Injury detail