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challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.75

This book makes you feel for the characters even as you're shaking your head at their decisions. Not sure how I feel about the ending. Almost felt like a "cheap" move.

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You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

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Genesis Begins Again by Alicia D. Williams

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.5

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings by Elsie Chapman, Ellen Oh

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adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.75

Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

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emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

Wow!

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If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

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challenging hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Personal and heartfelt. Powerful, emotional peace of collection. Learned a bit about Pakistani history and enticed to dive in and learn more on my own. Tons of fave poems. Can see myself coming back to this one again and again and recommending it to all Muslim girls who struggle to reconcile their religious and national identities.

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