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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

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

3.75

Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato

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

4.5

We Do Not Part by Han Kang

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

3.75

Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i really loved this one, it was about so many interesting topics about which i haven’t really either read anything at all or so little. it was about martyrdom, wanting your death to mean something, grief, relationships, identity and much more

reading it was also really satisfyingly fluid in an interesting way, like seamlessly moving from dream sequences, quotes from a book, poems or other people’s stories. i really liked that.

i feel like i also learned so much from this book as well
Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees: or, How to Deal with Idiots at Work by Thomas Erikson

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informative medium-paced

3.5

The White Book by Han Kang

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

4.5

i loved this one, a satisfying read i would say. its do beautifully and poetically written with the texts having a nice structure. 

i also found the motives used to drive the overall theme and story of these poems (if you can even call it poems, sometimes i feel like it goes beyond that) absolutely brilliant. somehow i am finding it difficult to review.
More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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

3.25

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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

4.5

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

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

3.0

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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dark emotional reflective 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? No

3.75