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What We Fed to the Manticore by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

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challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

5.0

Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

The Bees by Laline Paull

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

5.0

Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Witching Year: A Memoir of Earnest Fumbling Through Modern Witchcraft by Diana Helmuth

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Did not finish book.
Purely my own inability to get through non-fiction!
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Ariadne by Jennifer Saint

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slow-paced

3.0

A Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLean

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 88%.
The female protagonist was a little too proper for me, and the steamy scenes less steamy. Thinking I might like Pippa's story better.
The Future Second by Second by Meridel Newton

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dark emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

As billed, an inspiring novella that serves as a palate cleanser for those of us who have read too many "timely" dystopians lately.