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112 reviews

Visions of the Occult: An Untold Story of ArtMagic by Victoria Jenkins

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informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.5

A Nervous Breakdown by Anton Chekhov

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emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

A disappointing miss for me. Everything that was wonderful about the other books became the opposite for this. Previously   we had a really delicious pace, lots of little side plots and info, very thought provoking and great to discuss. For this however, it was a total slog, too many loose ends that probably could've been edited out and reads as though it's trying too hard to be clever. Man, this sucks.
The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Lovely and witty, but on the longer more slow paced side for me. It was nice, but not amazing.
The Book of Shhh by Lauren Oliver

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

5.0

A very fun and clever addition onto the Delirium trilogy, I have always loved the authors ability to represent propoganda and misinformation
An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson

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dark lighthearted reflective slow-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

There was little mystery and I felt like certain reveals were poorly timed. I didn't enjoy the pacing, although all other elements I did want to appreciate (vampires, lgbtq, dark academia? Love it). Overall, the writing style didn't do it for me despite wanting to love this book.
Brainwyrms by Alison Rumfitt

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

1.75

Beneath the shock value horror there is an interesting and tragic story about two queer people connected by transphobia and it's violent implications on queer youth.
 
I want to appreciate it more because I see what this extreme satire is getting at in terms of the rise of transphobia and modern Britain etc, but it's just too disgusting for me to actually rate highly. 
The message is not a complex one and is, for me, one that takes too long to get to and overly filled out with disgusting and extreme body horror and fetishes.  
Much of the horror felt more for shock value, not that all horror has to have some deep meaning, but this really could have done with more layers. 

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Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

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

5.0

Good god, that is a wild ride that was near on impossible to put down. It reminds me of some other whodunit's I've read but this, dare I say, may have topped them all. Witty and violent, hands down an amazing book. 
Queen B by Juno Dawson

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

5.0