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To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan

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

5.0

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

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

3.5

The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

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emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

Foe by Iain Reid

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

4.75

Masters of Death by Olivie Blake

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

Your Mind Is a Terrible Thing by Hailey Piper

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
I couldn’t get into it, maybe another time.
The Seep by Chana Porter

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adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

Hellfinder by Paula Stokes

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 43%.
I liked it until there was an insignificant mention of a greenlander and later the main charachter describes traditional dogsleds “primitive”.
As a greenlander myself, it became too distracting and borderly offensive.
Telling Tales by Neil Gaiman

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5