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70 reviews

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

The Spirit of Justice: True Stories of Faith, Race, and Resistance by Jemar Tisby

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

"But racism never dies; it adapts."

It is a very insightful and thought provoking book. I am glad that I read it and it is something that I will keep reading so that I can learn and do better now and in the future. 

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín

adventurous emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Death by Laura Thalassa

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Famine by Laura Thalassa

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

When We Believed in Mermaids by Barbara O'Neal

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Abortion

How to Find Your Soulmate Without Losing Your Soul by Crystalina Evert, Jason Evert

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

2.25

This was a re-read for me since it is for a book club that I am a part of. 

While there were many things that stood out to me, probably the same ones from the first time, it felt different. I don't know if that is because I am thirty years old instead of my teens or early twenties. Although it is something that anyone can read, it felt like the intended demographic is girls/women in their mid-late teens and early twenties.

War by Laura Thalassa

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Murder