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Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

The Hawthorne School by Sylvie Perry

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Diary of a Somebody by Brian Bilston

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relaxing sad medium-paced

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

1.5

My notes while reading this book:
You did not just mock Britney Spears and her career. Leave Britney alone! We’re not in the 2000’a anymore!!!,
Leave emo kids alone,
Leave Star Wars alone,
Of course you became a Twitter troll,
Being upset that the girl hasn’t answer when you’re an asshole and saying her poem wasn’t as good as before..you truly are a man,
I dislike people who talk badly of people who are positive,
Is he getting dumber?,
He is always dumb in order to make us laugh, but then he is smart in order to make us feel emotional 🙃,
He messed up with the girl, call her when he’s in trouble and she tells him it wasn’t the first time he messed up and he thinks “I let that pass”??? Boy, you should saying sorry and when you have to say sorry, you don’t “let it pass”! You let it pass when you’re trying not to be angry.. a man surely wrote this 🤌🤌🤌,
*spoiler* This dumb boi did not discover where Toby was because the kidnapper changed some words of a poem,
Hope it helps

A History of Fear by Luke Dumas

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challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? No

5.0

What is that ending? till the last word 🤌
Also as someone who, apparently, had what the main character calls satanphobia (related to OCD) it’s a very relatable representation

Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Chapter 21: I knew I had to buy this book.
The way I feel about this book is the way I felt about The Bell Jar when I read it when I was younger. Now I’m older and I have Ripe to describe how i feel

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VenCo by Cherie Dimaline

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dark reflective tense 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? No

4.0

I would probably like it more if I read it physically. It is a solid story with different strong characters and one that I thought was well written, exploring different important themes.

Love in Winter Wonderland by Abiola Bello

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced