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Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse

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adventurous challenging 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

4.0

Absolution: A Southern Reach Novel by Jeff VanderMeer

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

4.25

Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield

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

4.0

I want more. 
I want to know what the others heard/saw.
I want more.
The Dark Side of the Sky by Francesco Dimitri

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I devoured this. 
I felt the magic (?) it talked about. 
But perhaps I was just bewitched by the author
The Invisible Frontier, Volume 1 by Benoît Peeters, François Schuiten

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I need to own this. I need to read the rest of the series. There is so much to unpack and explore that I think my rating will only go up. 
Calamity by Constance Fay

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 2%.
Too much spice too quickly for my personal taste.
The Deading by Nicholas Belardes

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
The creepy parts were super creepy, but I just didn't care enough about the characters to continue.
Ongoingness: The End of a Diary by Sarah Manguso

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3.75

after 300 arguments, I knew I needed to read everything Manguso had written/would write. 

I'll reread this one, when I'm older. 

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

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0