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44 reviews

Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Style Therapy: 30 Days to Your Signature Style by Lauren Messiah

inspiring fast-paced

3.5

Unbelievable by Sara Shepard

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

I feel like this book tried to be too many things at once and I think the romance subplot fell flat. I kind of forgot there was even a romance plot until about two thirds through the book. There's three plots really - the bookshop, Carmen's family and the love triangle. But the love interests are very flat as characters and I felt like we didn't get to know either of them. I would have liked this book more if it dropped one of the subplots and honestly this could've been a really cozy book about family and an old bookshop. It didn't need the romance plot and I think it meant the other aspects of the story got weakened. 

Ikigai: The Japanese secret to a long and happy life by Francesc Miralles, Héctor García

informative medium-paced

3.5

A Murder of Crows by Sarah Yarwood-Lovett

adventurous medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.25