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126 reviews

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search by Bryan Konietzko, Michael Dante DiMartino, Gene Luen Yang

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

4.0

Misery by Stephen King

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

3.5

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

It was good. But the audio was not super well done. 
I appreciate that people relate and find it empowering and stuff. And I think it is good to talk about sexualization of minors. 
But for me it was just fine. So yeah 
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

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emotional funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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adventurous emotional informative sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I feel very meh about this. This book is very hyped so don't know what I expected. The characters are not very well developed. The narrator is basically a f-boy for Achilles and has little personality. The writing is quite flowery, which is fine. And the narrator of the audiobook was very good... So that's something. It was fine, but didn't do much overall. It gets some hype because it is gay I guess which is fine. 
Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang

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adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Interesting, but very convoluted 
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-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

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Hybrid Child by Mariko Ōhara

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: Apocalypse Suite by Gerard Way

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

4.0

Jade City by Fonda Lee

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5