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22 reviews

A Lady's Guide to Scandal by Sophie Irwin

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adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The Vacation House by Jane Shemilt

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challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Shemilt’s writing is so clear and exacting to create the perfect visualizations and are also so rich with emotion. You can feel and understand the motivations of each character and can see the lives in great detail of so many people in her thorough prose. Quick read that doesn’t feel rushed I can’t wait to read her other works.
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The Guest by Emma Cline

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

4.5

reading this book feels like you are in a drug filled haze alongside alex and you will leave this novel a little more unmoored from reality than when you started it; in a fantastically brilliant literary way
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Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

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dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.75

These Silent Woods by Kimi Cunningham Grant

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

there are certain story points that i feel can be fleshed out further but overall this is a very tense and heartbreaking yet beautiful and satisfying tale of personal growth and familial bond.
The Grip of Film by Richard Ayoade

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 55%.
Richard Ayoade supports transphobic activists. Cannot stomach any of his writing now knowing that he can tolerate people who don’t believe everyone deserves basic human rights.
The Museum of Rain by Dave Eggers

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective fast-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

4.75

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

this book is so incredibly tedious. a weird amount of repetition and inconsistencies where it just feels like a publisher/editor never looked at this… i don’t even have the energy after reading this to type out everything that’s wrong with this story and it’s prose.
Writers & Lovers by Lily King

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective slow-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

4.25

Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25