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La invención de Morel by Adolfo Bioy Casares

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challenging mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No

2.5

Weird little book. Helped me cover a prompt for a yearly challenge but unsure if I would've read til the end otherwise. Maybe I'm missing something.
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Check, Please!: Year One by Ngozi Ukazu

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funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Doing a re-read before the year ends. This comic changed my life when I first read it, I'm so happy to see the fandom still going strong.
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

5.0

Beautiful story, well-fleshed characters, kept me at the edge of my metaphorical seat for the last third. I loved the ending, which I feel was as close to a happy one that we could get after events such as these. 
Audiobook quality was great, the narrator made me feel immersed into the plot right away despite me not knowing anything about this historical period.
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Howards End by E.M. Forster

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funny reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

Entertaining drama with a bit of a comment on intellectual socialism/communism vs the materialist take on it. I really liked the characters and I was pleasantly surprised at how fleshed out, flawed and complex without making them a moral lesson or warning, especially regarding the (two! female!) protagonists. I think that I would have very much loved to chat with Edward Morgan, tbh he's my best friend now.
Only beware of the slow pacing. I don't mind much as I listened to it in bits here and there, but I know that a lot of people don't like the more meandering classics and this definitely does so.
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Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No

2.5

I liked the first couple chapters, but then the constant paragraphs of statistics and data kept getting in the way. I wish they had been footnotes.
That aside, as the book progressed it felt as if the characters were just a vessel to land a point, granted not a bad point to make, but it made me feel like I was being lectured in a rather condescending way.
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Ciudad de cristal by Cassandra Clare

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adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

This is hands down the perfect YA urban fantasy. A perfect conclusion for the first trilogy arc, I wouldn't change a thing.
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Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov

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adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

I have a love-hate relationship with this saga but it's always entertaining, if sometimes a bit convoluted.
Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi

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emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

There's some heavy topics, but overall I think they were treated with care and honesty. Jayne's self-hating moods is exhausting to be in after a while but I'm glad the narrative eventually calls her out on it. Most accurate portrayal of siblings I've read in a while. Overall the message is positive but not too storybook rosy, however I did feel a bit slow and meandering at times, perhaps because it wanted to tackle so much.
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Album de familia by Rosario Castellanos

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challenging reflective fast-paced

3.5

Una discusión interesante sobre temas que, increíble o tristemente, siguen vigentes cinco décadas después de su publicación. Quizá más un ensayo con la máscara de narrativa que una novela.
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Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Such a genius use of language and plot. In saying so little it conveyed so much, I almost feel like I am a different person too. Already know that I will reread it many times.
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