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Based on a True Story by Thomas Stewart

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4.5

Nishga by Jordan Abel

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

All of Us Strangers by Taichi Yamada

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Red X by David Demchuk

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Biography of X by Catherine Lacey

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challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Chronology of Water by Lidia Yuknavitch

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challenging dark hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

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challenging dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The Body by Stephen King

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-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? No

4.0

Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy

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mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.0

If you are going to include a character with a chronic illness in your novel, you should perhaps properly research said chronic illness. With type 1 diabetes, the pancreas doesn't produce insulin, which means we need it when we eat carbs and to prevent (or treat) high blood sugar (HYPERglycemia). Under no circumstances should someone who has hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) be given insulin! That's diabetes 101!!! Yet this is something that happens in this novel. How no one fact-checked this is pretty embarrassing.

Other than that, there were some great ingredients here and the recipe had everything to make me love this, but the mystery, the characters, and the writing itself were very disappointing.

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