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131 reviews

Indecent Advances: The Hidden History of Murder and Masculinity Before Stonewall by James Polchin

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challenging dark emotional fast-paced

4.0

UnWholly by Neal Shusterman

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adventurous tense medium-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

4.0

This was a great book and I am excited to read the next one. I thought it was really tense. I didn't know where it was going until it got there.
Gleanings by Neal Shusterman

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adventurous funny fast-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

4.0

I very much enjoyed revisiting the world of the scythes. I loved the story about art the most but all of them were beautiful and thought provoking. 
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and I am excited to read the next one in the series; this has been on my list for a while so I am glad that i was able to finish it!
Capture the Flag by Kate Messner

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This was a really cute lighthearted book!
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

Oh my goodness me. This was an emotional roller coaster and SO tense. SUCH a good story. I love dystopian novels though so this was right up my alley. 
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

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challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

OOF what an important but harrowing read. I am glad I read it but it is hard to say I would recommend it just because of how heavy the content is. 
Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America by Marcia Chatelain

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informative fast-paced

4.0

I am excited to recommend this book to friends who might enjoy it. I really liked the way the author used franchises to encapsulate the black experience in America. I was also glad that it didn't only focus on McDonalds, because I think it would have been easy to ignore everything else. 
Double Billing: A Young Lawyer's Tale of Greed, Sex, Lies, and the Pursuit of a Swivel Chair by Cameron Stracher

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dark funny medium-paced

3.5

This was fun but I think mostly because I used to be a paralegal. Hard to tell if this was accurate to what it is like now to work in BigLaw, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. 
Cherry by Nico Walker

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challenging dark sad tense slow-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

3.0

This was a really hard book to get through; it reminded me a lot of books by Tim O'Brien like The Things They Carried for the descriptions of the war. It was a tough read and I am glad that I read it but won't be re-reading it.