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Starsight by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

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mysterious fast-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

2.75

Meh. Neat concept but the whole thing is one white dude. No one else has any agency whatsoever except the extent that it serves his story. Makes it far less interesting than it could be.

A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen

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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

4.0

Lovely

Skyward by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

Fun!

Flux by Jinwoo Chong

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medium-paced

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

3.0

Quite difficult to follow. Totally bizarre that the blurb on the back of the book explains something that’s not revealed until 3/4 of the way through the novel.

Firewalkers by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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fast-paced

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

3.75

Agency by William Gibson

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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

2.5

For a book entitled “Agency“, it’s wild how little agency the main characters have. The whole plot seems to take place around them, in the background, pushing them forward with little or no action of their own. Quite bizarre and not much fun to read.

But maybe this is just a second act problem, setting the table for the third book, which has yet to be published. Curious to find out.

In Ascension by Martin MacInnes

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reflective medium-paced