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Behind You Is the Sea by Susan Muaddi Darraj

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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

3.75

3.75 rounded up. A collection of interconnected short stories of Palestinian refugees/immigrants. Just about as heartbreaking and heartwarming as you would expect it. This is a quick well-written read, but I didn't like that one of the main characters is a cop.
Lumberjanes, Vol. 6: Sink or Swim by ND Stevenson, Kat Leyh, Shannon Watters

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adventurous funny fast-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? No

4.0

I Hope This Helps: Comics and Cures for 21st Century Panic by Tommy Siegel

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funny informative fast-paced

3.5

The Arab of the Future 3: The Circumcision Years: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 by Riad Sattouf

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Arni

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dark informative reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

The Arab of the Future 2: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1984-1985: A Graphic Memoir by Riad Sattouf

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

"The war might be raging in the streets, but it could never be defeated there, because what they were ultimately fighting was the word."
Shaheen Bagh: A Graphic Recollection by Ita Mehrotra

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Arab of the Future: Volume 1: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 - A Graphic Memoir by Riad Sattouf

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dark informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Jai Kali Android Wali by Pritam Das

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adventurous dark inspiring mysterious reflective 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