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Above the Waterfall by Ron Rash

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adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

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adventurous funny relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier

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informative reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

4.0

Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

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adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

The Guest by Emma Cline

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dark emotional

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

Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

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

4.5

Fun! I love a well written Western - add some Queer attraction and pure fun!

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The Hummingbird by Stephen P. Kiernan

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Over all this is a good story but some things really bothered me. It seems like a small thing but the repeated use of the word "Ouch" by the main character to express complex pain and emotions annoyed the heck out of me. Also, as a person that lives in Oregon, it was clear that the author had only visited. Wouldn't an editor chance the fact that we do not have thunderstorms very often during the summer in Western Oregon? Again, a small thing, but the thunderstorm was important to the plot and just didn't make sense. I was also wasn't thrilled about the changing of history in regards to the only civilian deaths on the mainland during WWII (the bomb that killed Elsie Mitchell and five children was not from a plane but rather a balloon. It also did not occur near Brookings, but on Gearhart Mountain in South Central Oregon.). The author addresses this changes in and afterward and I do realize it is fiction, but to me it muddies a history that is already hidden in the murk of time. It also really bothered me that the wife of the Professor was written off so quickly as indecisive (by both the Professor and their daughter) when she was an artist and a human.

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