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66 reviews

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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

4.5

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

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challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

My first time reading this since high school and it's still just as beautiful and powerful now, if not more. 
Circe by Madeline Miller

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adventurous emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I bought this book for a dollar at a thrift store because i'd heard so much about it, but wasn't really expecting to like it since i'm not really a fan of fantasy books. I was pleasantly surprised by how down to earth the book was, especially as a novel based on a myth and gods. the epic and the magic within it doesn't seem fantastical, but a facet of a(n almost) human, very earthly experiencing of life and all it's pains and ills and joys. I truly enjoyed this book and am excited for her future books and to read her other publications!
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Sisters by Daisy Johnson

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

WOW. Loved the book the whole way through, but was thinking it wasn’t something I would reread as I was about ⅔rds of the way through but when the third section hit. Incredible. Love daisy Johnson’s writing style so so much, and that twist was great but it hit home so much and was described all so beautifully. I love the way johnson writes the house as a body and the body as the house in such clear and spectacular language. 
Underland by Robert Macfarlane

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adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

love the prosey way he writes, making history/geology/learning interesting and fun and meaningful 
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin

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challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-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

4.5

Dancing at the Pity Party by Tyler Feder

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

the art and story telling is great, and there are pages and pages of Tyler’s favorite things about her mom, the little moments that were so cathartic and heartwarming to hear. I can’t think that way abt my mom right now but I almost could through Tyler. this is about her losing her mom to terminal illness so big TW for the whole process of that but it’s so spectacularly accurate to the little moments of losing a mom young that no one else gets and it’s so nice to hear and see that someone else experienced the same thing. Highly highly suggest. 
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

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challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

5/5, really accessible language, covers a really wide variety of topics, is reallllly really intersectional, the most intersectional of full feminist texts I think I’ve ever read. Should be required reading for everyone. 
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The Secret History by Donna Tartt

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-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

4.75

the way tartt is able to weave scenes - out of order, but in perfect time - to create her story is incredibly deft. i was skeptical about the book bc of the cover and the tiktok girlies hyping it, and was pleasantly surprised to enjoy it. 

that twincest was ... not necessary tho. nor do i think the scene with the racist auto repair guy was. i'm sure there were other ways to prove that he was an unreliable witness
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Stardust by Neil Gaiman

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

3.0

nothing much to write home about. i'm not usually a fan of fantasy, but this was short and so a good introduction. I started out reading a hard copy, and graduated to listening to the audiobook while working, and i found myself enjoying the book more as it was realized through a voice actor. 
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