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Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
I don't know. Not vibing with it at this time. Will come back to it for round two.
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

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emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

Your absence has never felt crueller. I've never hated you until now. I've never loved you more.

Absolute work of art. There's poetry in McConaghy's prose. I could swim in her storytelling.
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We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I really can't figure out how I feel about this one. Some people seem annoyed that the book centres on the main character's relationship with her colleague rather than her experience of being a content moderator, but I actually enjoyed it. It made her feel more fleshed out as a character. It's very easy to just write about a load of horrific shit as seen on the Internet but I think it's a lot harder to write about the characters affected by that very experience. Personally, it was the ending that fell flat. I couldn't believe I'd reached the end of the book with so many questions still looming overhead.
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The Island by Adrian McKinty

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.
I wasn't expecting this book to be a modern classic but I'd enjoyed the author's book The Chain previously and would say that it helped me get back into reading for pleasure. I'd hoped the same from this book being a fast-paced psychological thriller but it doesn't read with the same enjoyment as the last.
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The Quiet Whispers Never Stop by Olivia Fitzsimons

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dark emotional reflective 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

4.5

Such a beautiful book. Irish fiction is in its element right now. I cannot believe this is the author's debut. She writes with the lyricism and flourish of authors with decades of experience under their belts.

It's so interesting to read something so poignant set in the place you live. Fitzsimons managed to really romanticise the North even among the backdrop of the Troubles.
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Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

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challenging dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Buckle up for a weird one. Really enjoyable in a way that'll make your skin crawl.
Do No Harm by Jack Jordan

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

2.5

As a crime novel, Do No Harm did its job and kept me hooked til the end. However, I think the character building could have been a lot better—I found I didn't really care about Zack in particular because very little was ever given about him until the very end.
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Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 50%.
Hard to DNF this one. It had been on my radar for so long and I was super buzzed to get started on it when I heard it had won the Women's Prize for Fiction, but I'm halfway through and finally throwing in the towel. Maybe it's a rare case of big book fear but I just don't care enough about the characters to finish this one.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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dark emotional inspiring sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Absolutely devastating. This book is one I picked up time and time again but never finished. I'm so glad I finally did. I can't remember the last time I read anything near as poignant and tragic as this.
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Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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

1.5

While I appreciate the social commentary the author was trying to make on the American prison system and its race-based incarceration rates, the prose was the same for every character (of which there were far too many for my liking). I think this is a novel that delivers teachable moments throughout but the world-building wasn't ever enough for me to feel like I knew 100% what was going on.
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