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Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Out There: The Wildest Stories from Outside Magazine by The Editors of Outside Magazine

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adventurous funny informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann

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dark reflective slow-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

3.0

After having loved Mann’s novel Buddenbrooks, I thought this novella might be a good jumping off point to get back into (German) classics. Unfortunately, it did not fully click for me. There certainly were sentences and metaphors which blew my mind, but most of the text felt like treading through quicksand, putting me to sleep.

Unfortunately Yours by Tessa Bailey

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative 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

4.5

Identitti by Mithu Sanyal

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I did not vibe with this at all. I actually had a feeling that I wouldn’t, so I put off reading it until a friend recommended it. The writing style was not for me, the story was so unrealistic, and the reveals could not have been clunkier. The representations of scientists (being a physics PhD candidate myself) were either completely anti-social caricatures as imagined by the non-scientific community or stupid assholes who somehow swindled themselves into leading scientific positions. Not cute.

Die Hauptstadt by Robert Menasse

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informative reflective slow-paced