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Capture the Sun by Jessie Mihalik
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Content Warnings
adventurous
emotional
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
Enjoyable enough, but not really anything new that hasn't been covered in the first two books.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Torture
Dom Casmurro: A Novel by Machado de Assis, Machado de Assis
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Content Warnings
challenging
emotional
funny
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? It's complicated
5.0
Such a hard book to describe in a short review. It's a middle-aged man remembering the great love of his life, his jealousy, and possible betrayal. The tone is magnificent and even harder to explain than the plot.
Moderate: Death
Minor: Slavery and Child death
Death and the Penguin by Andrey Kurkov
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emotional
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
What an absolutely charming and weird (and nearly impossible to describe) little book!
Minor: Alcohol, Death, Medical content, Cancer, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence
Daughters of the Winter Queen: Four Remarkable Sisters, the Crown of Bohemia, and the Enduring Legacy of Mary, Queen of Scots by Nancy Goldstone
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Interesting era an idea, but it could have been more focused and better organized.
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
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Content Warnings
dark
mysterious
slow-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? No
3.75
There's a lot I like about this book, but ultimately it's a loooooooooooong time to spend to get where we got.
Moderate: Blood and Murder
Minor: Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Confinement, Grief, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Death, Miscarriage, Alcohol, and Gun violence
Into Siberia: George Kennan's Epic Journey Through the Brutal, Frozen Heart of Russia by Gregory Wallance
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Content Warnings
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5
I knew a little something about the exile system, but the depth here, combined with the portrait of the remarkable George Kennan, made this an extremely fascinating and worthwhile read.
Graphic: Confinement and Medical content
Don Carlos (Dodo Press) by R. D. Boylan, Friedrich Schiller
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.0
Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media by Darrell Hartman
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
5.0
What an absolutely fascinating way to tell these two stories--how American journalism in the early 20th Century was influenced by the race to the North Pole. It's both compelling media history and cold weather adventure.
The Orphanage by Serhiy Zhadan
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Content Warnings
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-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? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, and War
Moderate: Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Violence, and Medical content
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders