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116 reviews

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

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

4.75

X-Men meets Dumbledore-ish
Heart warming story about a bureaucrat who had to leave his small bubble to investigate a top secret orphanage, in a world that knows and hates those who are different.
Loved the narrative and the characters, I only think that scenes towards the middle-3/4s could have had more tension or been more significant.
Other than that, it’s a lovely story.
Become a Book Editor With CDROM by Jodi L. Brandon

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informative slow-paced

2.75

Fight club by Chuck Palahniuk

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

4.0

Buddhism for Beginners: Learn the Way of the Buddha & Take Your First Steps on the Noble Path by Luna Sidana

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hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

It covers most of the basics, but I feel it might need time go into a little more detail to have a true effect/discovery in readers.
For academic or informative purposes, it’s great.
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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

4.25

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Buddhism: A Beginners Guide Book for True Self Discovery and Living a Balanced and Peaceful Life: Learn to Live in the Now and Find Peace from Within by Sam Siv

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hopeful reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Retreat by J.A. Baker

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dark 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

2.5

It’s hard to tell who the main character is with all the head hopping and first person POV.
It didn’t really get interesting until the last quarter of the book, but it was a really good plot twist.
Characters didn’t really have a lot of redeeming qualities until the very end, so it was hard to care about their problems.

Narrador made an amazing job keeping up with the POV changes with her soothing, clear voice
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My Year of Saying No by Maxine Morrey

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emotional lighthearted tense 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

Nice narration, but characters went from being put on a pedestal and being brave to being scumbags, back to a pedestal.
The hot and cold approach to ask each other out wasn’t lovely, it ended up being annoying 
La petite sirène by Hans Christian Andersen

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

3.0