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144 reviews

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

This book is a love story plain and simple. The environment is science fiction and there is a lot of suspense, but overall it is a love story and should be advertised as such. The characters could be a bit more would be my only complaint. 

The Hurricane Wars by Thea Guanzon

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A great example of enemies to lovers and a sloooooooww burn. At times it was a little slow but loved the world building and the action scenes. 

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

3.5

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I still find myself thinking about these characters and hoping they are doing okay and living their best lives. Please read or listen or both. 

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

The audiobook you need if you want to work but don’t need to focus 100% on the story to understand what is going on. Perfect for those who like having Dateline or SUV Law & Order on tv while cleaning the house. 

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

The audiobook was amazing! I loved the intersecting stories of all the characters and how incredibly human they all felt. The ending was like I was saying goodbye to a family I never met, but missed terribly. 

The Deep by Rivers Solomon

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

The kinda of book that makes you stop and think for a moment before moving on. A book of fiction that you wish was true in order to make up for all the bad shit in the world. 

Never Lie by Freida McFadden

mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I couldn’t stand the ending and all the characters were assholes. So similar to an early 2000’s drama series on FOX. 

The Autobiography of a Flea by

This is the most fucked up thing I ever read and I am never taking book recommendations from Reddit ever again. 

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

This felt like overhearing a black father’s conversation about life to his son.