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Say You Love Me by Rachel Murphy

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Weep Not, Child by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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

4.25

Superb storytelling by Ngugi in interweaving perspectives of the challenges of defying or bowing to colonialism and the shift and complexities of both.
How We Go Home: Voices from Indigenous North America by Sara Sinclair

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 57%.
Not in the right space
Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay

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

4.0

Postcolonial Love Poem by Natalie Díaz

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring slow-paced

3.75

Bloodchild and Other Stories by Octavia E. Butler

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dark reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

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

5.0

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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challenging informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75