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138 reviews

Message Not Found by Dante Medema

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dark funny reflective sad 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

4.0

I’m so fucking sad😭😭😭 reminds me of that black mirror episode, and the book definitely delivered in emotion
Homicide and Halo-Halo by Mia P. Manansala

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funny lighthearted mysterious medium-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

2.5

Not quite as exciting as the first book for me, the ending seemed a little abrupt and quick but still a nice quick read regardless. 
The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

Omg so so good😭😭 I’m not much for horror but I read this for my YA book club and I just love everything about this. I only wish there was more, a sequel perhaps?? Between the three main characters, I think Zara deserved more character development/finality to her arc but Jude and Emer’s arcs are great too. All in all basically a 10/10 for me. CW for major violence and murder and blood and gore. 

Also very proud of myself for guessing that Elijah was responsible for being the London ripper halfway through the book
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Ben and Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 9%.
This is just not for me. The first person POVs are lowkey cringe and the disconnect/miscommunication between Ben and Beatriz is too much. I already think Beatriz can do way better than this guy, regardless of what his sad backstory is. Also John, the bro, is such a prick that it pisses me off to even look at his name on a page. 😭
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Surprisingly a solid raw and real read about teens and mental illness/suicide. There’s no sugarcoating and not everything is tied up with a nice bow at the end and that’s what makes it feel so realistic to me. 
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

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

3.5

Honestly a pretty great Agatha Christie novel with what I assume is one of her more famous plot twists. Worth a read tbh
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Pretty enjoyable overall! Nishat and Flávia are very very cute. Nishat is a great MC even though
she seems to really take her supposed best friends for granted? What’s up with that😭 other than towards the very end does it seem like this girl care about her friends among the other people in her life which I thought it was wild even with everything she was going through.
. Still I love the Bengali + Brazilian rep in this book and the very much real disappointment that comes when ppl aren’t initially accepting of who you are (and how they might surprise you with love later on💙)
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The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War by Malcolm Gladwell

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informative medium-paced

2.5

I’m not as much of a history buff as I’d like to be but parts of this were still relatively interesting and new to me (aka discussion of bombing in WW2 that weren’t just the atomic bombs discussed in school) so for that I’m glad to have listened to it. 
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

A memoir on grief, identity (specifically biracial identity), and the complexity of parent-child relationships. Super emotional and deep and real and raw, and like other memoirs I’ve listened to, it’s one that I highly recommend. 
Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-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

3.25

Definitely a cute lighthearted and funny read for the gays - it did seem to abruptly get super serious
during the uprising and ofc when the king dies
but other than that it was great and cute and pretty fun!