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58 reviews

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

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adventurous challenging tense fast-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

4.25

The Wrong End of the Telescope by Rabih Alameddine

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick

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challenging mysterious medium-paced

3.0

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir by Maggie Smith

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

3.75

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman

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challenging emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.25

Needful Things by Stephen King

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

4.0

Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
Agonizingly slow placed with no significant plot developments yet 
Sold by Patricia McCormick by Patricia McCormick, Patricia McCormick

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

11/22/63 by Stephen King

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adventurous emotional 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? No

3.75

It could be like 300 pages shorter for sure