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49 reviews

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

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challenging emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 44%.
too gross for me. not exactly what i’m going for in horror!!
A Violent History of Benevolence: Interlocking Oppression in the Moral Economies of Social Working by A.J. Withers, Chris Chapman

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challenging informative slow-paced

2.5

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The Dinner by Herman Koch

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challenging dark funny tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

Stigma: The Machinery of Inequality by Imogen Tyler

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Bunny by Mona Awad

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challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

I didn’t understand what was going on until the last ~20 pages and suddenly the whole book came together. I don’t typically read magical realism, but I am glad I picked this up because it was a great read. 
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

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

2.5

The whole time I was reading this book, I was thinking, how did this even get published? 2.5 stars because the plot was interesting (until the end, when
everything was ruined by the twist
) and i felt that Flynn strongly developed an atmosphere in this novel so it was very immersive. This is my first Gillian Flynn read and I’m not sure if I’ll read anything else after this.
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Women Talking by Miriam Toews

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

3.0

the women sure did talk!
Insurgent Love: Abolition and Domestic Homicide by Ardath Whynacht

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challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0