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49 reviews

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Neon Birds by Marie Graßhoff

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

4.0

Actually glad I gave the author a second chance.

Also can Flover and Luke just kiss? 
Als die Welt uns gehörte by Liz Kessler

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dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

3.75

Please. Make kids in school read this instead of Anne Frank's Diary.
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The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

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

4.75

Devoured it! 
My new favourite group of dysfunctional broken boys 🥰
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The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

I just wish there was a real connection between the siblings...
Der Uhrmacher in der Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

So many good ideas... and yet somehow i care for so little of it. 
Immortality: A Love Story by Dana Schwartz

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

5.0

Flew through it.
Even better than the first imo.
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch

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adventurous mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

When it takes you 350 pages to understand the title of the book...

Loved the London details and accuracy. I like Nightingale a lot more than Peter Grant, but the whole experience did definitely not live up to the hype.
Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Only Hamlet would delay his own death for one last soliloquy.
Tintenherz by Cornelia Funke

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

Well... at least this book gave me about 200 ideas on how it could have been done better.