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As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

They Went Left by Monica Hesse

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

i am amazed by zofia’s display of strength and determination to find her sibling whom she dearly loved, inspite her memory lapses. i have a little sister and i, too, would search high and low just to reunite with her. and honestly, if i witnessed my own family being sent to the gas chamber, or tortured, starved and killed for years and years, i would never recover from the mental damage it would cause me. but zofia lived through it all and it warms my heart that there are many zofias out there in the world, who remained strong, and even though the war has broken more than their minds, their spirit and will to go on was unbreakable. i was crying towards the ending because zofia and abek were just kids, too young to suffer this kind of inhumane treatment but they just did whatever they could to survive. there is also a plot twist that i did not see coming that made me believe in miracles.

All the Lies by S.T. Abby

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Scarlet Angel by S.T. Abby

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Sidetracked by S.T. Abby

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Risk by S.T. Abby

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-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? Yes

5.0

paris, france is the city of light, but when the nazi germany marched into the city in 1940, the lights went out and once again, the darkest hours in its history began.

in every war, in every human nature to destroy each other, there's always an act of heroism. and in paris, it was found in the quietest of places— the library. this book is based on the true story of courageous librarians who kept the american library in paris open during the world war ii.

everyday, these librarians faced grave danger of getting arrested, or worse, killed by the nazi police officers, by hand-delivering books to jewish readers who were prohibited by the germans to come to the library.

this is another testimony of the power of the written word. for the victims of the war, books served as a refuge, a shelter, an escape. i also loved the fact that no matter how the war had divided the people, their love for literature reunited them.

i feel sad for the books that were seized and destroyed as an act of eradicating the history, culture and knowledge. i can't imagine my most prized possession— my books, taken away from me by force. and that's only one of the cruelest things the jewish people had suffered in the hands of the nazi. 

this book is about bravery, the power of literature, friendships, making mistakes and learning from them, and the different ways humans save one another.

Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

who tf names their baby diem as in carpe diem? 

The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

i rate this book 🗝️🗝️🗝️🗝️🗝️ keys

if you're looking for a great summer beach read that's full of secrets and drama, characters that you'll love— and hate, a pure entertainment from start to finish, set on a beautiful, historical island, AND WITH AN INTERESTING GHOST HAUNTING A GLAMOROUS HOTEL, GO PICK THIS BOOK!!!