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19 reviews

The Bee Sting by Paul Murray

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

4.0

Past Lying by Val McDermid

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medium-paced

3.5

Not one of her best. 
We That Are Young by Preti Taneja

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

4.5

Based on King Lear - if you know that plot, you’ll love this contemporary Indian adaptation 
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

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emotional informative inspiring reflective sad 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

Best book I’ve read in ages. Not only is the content thought-provoking but it is do well-written. I read it slowly to savour every word
Bird Summons by Leila Aboulela

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

4.0

It's not about whiteness, it's about wealth. How economics of race really works. by Remi Adekoya

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informative medium-paced

4.0

Really thought-provoking. It takes you into the complexities of the inter-relationships between race, wealth, and, in some areas, gender 
The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah: The Autobiography by Benjamin Zephaniah

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes

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

4.0

Thriller that flirts with science fiction 
Wildland: The Making of America's Fury by Evan Osnos

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informative medium-paced

4.0

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin

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informative medium-paced

4.0