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521 reviews

The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin

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

2.0

Why does sci-fi always devolve into space fascism?
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

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adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal

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funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

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adventurous dark emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Part V fumbles hard, but the rest of the book is enjoyable
Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
After 3 hours, I had no idea what the stakes were or what the book was about 
A Gathering of Shadows by V.E. Schwab

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

3.0

One long wind-up to a cliffhanger.
God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 13%.
Weirdly fascist
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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? Yes

4.5

The most nuanced and intelligent way of writing about this that I can imagine
Night Film by Marisha Pessl

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0