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37 reviews
My Life and an Era: The Autobiography of Buck Colbert Franklin by Buck Colbert Franklin, John Whittington Franklin
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 by Scott Ellsworth
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
The Nation Must Awake: Our Witness to the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Mary E. Jones Parrish
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
A House Unsettled by Trynne Delaney
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India by Urvashi Butalia
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
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
5.0
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
5.0
Rebecca is not just a magnificent classic, it’s also a master class in how simple prose can still be absolutely beautiful. There are no purple words and nothing found in a thesaurus. Every single sentence has intention; not a single one is there just to sting two stronger ones together. A beautiful, well told, and honest story about what happens when love seeps into the cracks of our flawed human existence.