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Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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dark emotional sad
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

see i didn’t expect to get emotional while reading it. like i feel like i’ve left it feeling quite heavy hearted. it was really good though!! really enjoyed slowly finding out how their world worked and their places in it. i also really enjoyed the characters’ perspectives about their fates. like with ruth and her office and just little things like that i suppose. they really helped to make the book work.
1984 by George Orwell

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

3.5

okay while it wasn’t perfect (note: the random fucking manifesto in the book that was just jarring) i definitely get why people are always like read it !! orwell definitely sucked but this book did a really good job about portraying totalitarianism in a way that’s very easy for people to digest and absorb. also i get that the characters are probably meant to be bland but god i couldn’t connect with them at all.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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emotional
  • 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

4.0

fun
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

4.0

blah blah american dream blah blah lost generation anyways is it just me or would nick be super annoying in real life. like i get all of them probably would be but i just know nick would specifically piss me off. 
(update: i don’t remember anything about this book, you will catch me skimming spark notes the day before school starts)