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No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister

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emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? No

4.0

The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown

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

4.0

Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote

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challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This intergenerational 'biomythography' was stunningly written, if exhausting to read. But that, I think, is the point. I love the idea of fictionalizing family history, of telling the stories of our semi-recent ancestors. People we will never know but their stories reverberate down the generations. 

This is an incredible testimony to the Black experience. A strong, honest, sometimes humorous Own Voice. 

I was granted access to this audiobook as an Audies Judge in the "Multi-Voiced Performance" category. 
Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5