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The Night Hunt by Alexandra Christo

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adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Really solid and enjoyable YA fantasy!

The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Bunny by Mona Awad

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dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Really liked this book. It was gross and weird and dark and very fun to read. Like if Mean Girls was really dark and twisted. I do feel like the ending was lacking something—if not more explanations, perhaps it just needed MORE. Just felt kinda in line with the rest of the book and not necessarily the huge climax I was hoping for. If you like weird horror books, you’ll enjoy this one.

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

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dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is just like 1984 but with animals and I liked it a lot more. There's this kind of sense of doom while you're reading bc you can see the corruption and the animals can't and it's very good.

1984 by George Orwell

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

As with many classics like this, the way the main character talks and thinks about his love interest is disgusting. But if you can look past that kind of thing, this book was pretty interesting. Dragged a little at certain spots (Goldstein's book) but fascinating dystopian world with commentary on propaganda, division, media, and war.

The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

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adventurous tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I feel like this book was longer than it needed to be but I enjoyed it!

The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

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dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This series is kinda fun to read but the plot is so meandering and 99% of the story is just characters philosophizing and reminicing and being dramatic so read at your own risk? I thought this book was a just fine conclusion to the series: the climax was nice and dramatic and the ends were mostly tied up? The only thing I really didn't like is the romance. Every single character had weird attraction to other characters or ended up in relationships that didn't make any sense and didn't have any chemistry. But whatever. Good book.

The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

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dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced