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301 reviews

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

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challenging emotional tense 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

4.25

Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde

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

3.5

More heavy-handed and with a lessened air of mystery than the first book but I loved the ending.
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett

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adventurous funny tense medium-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

4.5

I just wish Gaspode wasn't there
Orlando by Virginia Woolf

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

3.75

Really loved some parts, but struggled to follow what was going on in others (especially the ending....)
מקשה אחת by תהילה חכימי

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

2.5

על עצמות המתים by Olga Tokarczuk

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

3.5

I would've enjoyed it more if the ending wasn't the way it was.
this sort of reveal just doesn't work with a first person POV. Right before the reveal it was getting really good, a story of a strange woman and her grief, but the reveal that she was the killer retroactively made everything less... believe? Cohesive?
Vita Nostra by Sergey Dyachenko, Marina Dyachenko

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

4.25

Luck in the Shadows by Lynn Flewelling

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.
I'm so sorry to my dear friend who gifted me this but I cannot sit through another lore infodump
מאבק מתמשך by מיכל ספיר

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challenging medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.25

אחלה אידאולוגיה, אבל מה הסיפור? סיפורת שעוסקת באנרכיה, סוציאליזם וקפיטליזם - עדיף לקרוא את "המנושל" של אורסולה לה גויין.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

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

3.75