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649 reviews

Paris: The Biography of a City by Colin Jones

informative slow-paced

3.5

It's Not OK to Feel Blue (and other lies): Inspirational people open up about their mental health by Scarlett Curtis

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.5

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart

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

adventurous funny informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

Der Tod in Venedig by Thomas Mann

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

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

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

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

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

informative 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

4.5