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Play It as It Lays by Joan Didion

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

4.25

oh my JOAN!! 

could not get into this one until the last 50 pages and then they just struck me like lightning!! she is so so brilliant. she has a way of bringing nonchalant passivity and passion together as one force. capturing the reality and mundanity of depression GODDAMN so good
On Beauty by Zadie Smith

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

3.75