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289 reviews

Educated by Tara Westover

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This was excellent and a surprise. Less about the education piece that’s highlighted in the description and more about family and religious authority and navigating exposing abuse in that context.
The Seventh Bride by T. Kingfisher

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Liked it! More in the vein of Kingfisher’s fable adjacent novella work which can read a bit thin for me at times but is overall fun and creative.
The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Platonic: How the Science of Attachment Can Help You Make and Keep Friends by Marisa G. Franco

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informative fast-paced

4.0

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

Red Rising by Pierce Brown

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

I DNF’d this years ago and not sure why because it absolutely rips. Wow did it accelerate at the end.
The Winners by Fredrik Backman

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challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.75

Oh my GOD this wrecked me I am a mess. A great/terrible/terribly great ending to the trilogy. Some copy issues with the translation that I’m not totally factoring in because, translation.
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Castaways by Pablo Monforte, Laura Pérez

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A

3.0

Meh! Sort of felt like it was trying to be more profound than it actually managed to be?
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

I have a hard time with romance novels where there’s a major lie that’s kept secret til the end, but that’s a personal preference and I liked this overall.