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Cassandra in Reverse: If You Had a Power to Change the Past, Where Would You Start? by Holly Smale

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoyed this! Yes it was a little repetitive at times and the moral of the story was you have to change yourself in order to make people like you but I enjoyed the premise and the way it ended so... Yeah :)

Babel by R.F. Kuang

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challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

4 stars

I finished it!

Didn't love as much as everyone else, ending let it down I think. I feel like a sequel is being set up which is annoying. Not everything needs to be a series.

I liked the premise and as an English language grad, yes!! Lots of nerdy stuff for me. Characterisation mostly good. Wanted more for Ramy.

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

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mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Enjoyable as thrillers go but I'm just not a thriller girly these days!

Commentary was good on influencers/putting children online

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

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mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.75

What was the point

The Garnett Girls by Georgina Moore

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.

Meh

Penance by Eliza Clark

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dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Pros: gripping, mixed media, faux true crime, commentary on true crime as an industry
Cons: fiction parts were meh, a little bit too chaotic with its direction (true crime? Spirits? School shooter fan? Tumblr?

I also wanted more from the ending. Yes, it turns out he was a bit unreliable but I wanted a massive twist ending where the case is blown wide open. And it wasn't at all.

Allegiant by Veronica Roth

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adventurous sad fast-paced