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The Dark Inside by Rod Reynolds

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dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

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emotional funny medium-paced

2.75

Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Tell No One by Harlan Coben

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

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

2.5

Tornado Weather by Deborah Elaine Kennedy

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.75

Not my cup of tea. Some of these characters are interesting - but most aren't and very few feel like real folks. 
Nobody Move by Philip Elliott

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This aspires to be an Elmore Leonard novel - not that that is a bad thing. 
Suttree by Cormac McCarthy

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dark funny reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Dark and dense
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Capote is a tremendous writer but it strikes me that Perry might have bamboozled him a bit. 
The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens

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

4.0