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Dorohedoro, Vol. 23 by Q Hayashida

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adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense 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

One of the most whackiest manga reads of the year. The story goes for the most extreme twists, but it also makes perfect sense in the overarching plot and characters. This manga is for 18+ and the story treats you that way. Brilliant conclusion to the last stretch of the manga series which, I was able to blaze through within the week. Manga for someone who wants a slow burn mystery, fantasy, horror and perfect tie-ups to all plot points.
Artificial Wisdom by Thomas R. Weaver

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

4.0

Quick paced thriller which starts with sci-fi elements close to our time period. My expectations were kind of higher feeling it would be a political thriller throughout. The middle part of it kind of moved towards a murder mystery than the overall focus of the story. The characters were extremely well done. But overall the book leaves with lot of question for the plot. The discussion of AI or influences of it were extremely well said. Brilliant narrator in Steven Pacey. There is a sequel plans for this and I agree this needs some answers. The mystery of it had an issue of it being too easy to figure out who the main culprit was. The last twist in the end was not expected.



Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

I would consider this a close best book read of this year for myself. As a non fiction I would put it close to Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert.A Caro read this year as well. The book starts out slow with author's experiences and her patients lives told in a intertwined story of meaning and self discovery. Each of the person's story added to the weight and the last quarter of the book was extremely heart warming and emotional with its life lessons. This book also got me out of a reading slump with its quick paced story telling.
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.0

The completion of this book also leads to good stretch of reading after a strenuous year overall in life and reading. The book overall is completely different story compared to the three book before it. We have newer perspectives, new characters in the game and entirely different story line. If expecting a high after Book-3 this books isn't for people. This book is setting up an entirely new chess board and players and if and when this series gets over the payoffs will come. 
Legend of the Northern Blade by Manhwa (Murim/Cultivation)

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adventurous dark inspiring sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

One of the best manhwas with gorgeous artwork.
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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funny lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Fun, quick and interesting plot with good story. Well narrated by Wil Wheaton. The setup and pacing of the book was just perfect, it is like a popcorn flick which deserves to have its movie with its fun characters and humour.
Death Loot & Vampires by Benjamin Kerei

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adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Very fun pallet cleanser between heavy books and the audiobook version with Travis Baldree was perfect. Fun to see a badass Vampire story with meta jokes added in the middle. Will wait for the sequel to listen. 
Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

One of the most dense and detailed history books about information and its knowledge throughout the ages. The facts and history of information from stone age to current AI, does portray a bleak and dark future up ahead. If history of the past was scary what comes ahead seems much more horrifying getting to know the entire big picture of information. But credit to this book in explaining and also able to know so many unique facets of information that exists in our time period and how the process of it all started and what we can expect with AI as time progresses.
Zen in The Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury

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funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.75

Genuinely a book to understand zen in writing as well as life. Ready my first Ray Bradbury book as this one and I have no regrets and extremely excited to read more of his works. Language and how it flows is an artwork on its own. Poetic beauty in the sentences with very deep and thought provoking sentences which needs more than 1 read. Definitely will be re-reading this time to time.
Dopamine Detox: A Short Guide to Remove Distractions and Get Your Brain to Do Hard Things by Thibaut Meurisse

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

Extremely effective and well researched book with detailed information of oversimulation.
Well researched methods to make changes to our life to develop better focus of bigger picture in our life.