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Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt

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dark emotional fast-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

3.75

would have loved to read a 600-page, slow-paced version of this story - I Iove the concept, the book description is just so incredibly promising, but the blunt writing style just doesn’t work for me.
Kabalmysteriet by Jostein Gaarder

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

4.5

Prepare to be existentially shaken
Phantoms In The Brain: Human Nature And The Architecture Of The Mind by Sandra Blakeslee, V.S. Ramachandran

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informative medium-paced

4.25

Must-read for neuroscience nerds
Pet Sematary by Stephen King

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

3.0

He spoiled in the foreword
1984 by George Orwell

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

4.5

Yeah, fine, it's worth the hype
The Spiderwick Chronicles Box Set by Tony DiTerlizzi

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

4.75

This is what got me into reading - and the illustrations are beautiful
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck

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lighthearted 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

4.75

Wholesome
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

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

4.75

I've never cried in a book, but this is the closest I've ever gotten
Vildanden by Henrik Ibsen

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

3.75

the ending? was just so unnecessarily? like it wasn't even believable? why did he even add that? <spolier>
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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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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

4.0

all I ask is for you to stop putting actual pictures of dorian gray on the cover of the picture of dorian gray