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Black Girls Must Die Exhausted by Jayne Allen
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.75
Perpetual West by Mesha Maren
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Self harm, Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment
If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Immune: A Journey Into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive by Philipp Dettmer
informative
fast-paced
3.75
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
emotional
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
3.5
I’m giving this one solid 3 stars. Tolstoy intricately weaves together multiple lives and has a talent for writing the inner depths of human experience. There isn’t a single character whose motivations are not intimately explored and there are some chapters and passages that are the pinnacle of great writing. However this book did not need to be this long! I could have cut at least a quarter of the chapters with no despair. Kill your darlings Tolstoy.
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
dark
sad
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
The Nation Must Awake: My Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Mary E. Jones Parrish
challenging
informative
slow-paced
5.0