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75 reviews

Circe by Madeline Miller

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dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Rival Darling by Alexandra Moody

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

3.0

It was a cute hockey romance.
Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative sad tense 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

5.0

I think this book is always so relevant. It’s so heartbreaking, beautiful, and scary to see the possibilities of humanity and their actions. The small choices that have major consequences.
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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

5.0

I fucking love this book. Rereading it and remembering all the little details makes it more heartbreaking.
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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

4.5

Rereading this shit made me sad, happy, and angry as fuck at Katniss again. Peeta is the only blonde I’ll ever love.
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

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

4.0

I think this is a simple but beautiful book that talks about the complicated, back and forth that happens when grieving someone. It was also heartwarming yet breaking to see situations where you could go back and see that person you’re grieving. I loved it.
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

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4.0

Very cute, I love nerds.
King of Sloth by Ana Huang

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2.75

Believe Me by Tahereh Mafi

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3.5

So glad this was from Aaron’s pov, made reading so much more enjoyable, I love my husband.
Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

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I don’t even know what to rate this fucking book cause idk if I love or hate it??? Don’t get me wrong, I’m down for morally grey characters but a DOUBLE cheating trope??? Like it still had a happy ending but HUH?!? More reenforcement that men are often cowards and liars who use the weight of the world and their nonresilience as an excuse to cheat. Idk overall I don’t regret reading it but would I recommend???? I feel like this book is gonna be haunting me for a minute.