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Bloom by Kevin Panetta

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lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated
Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Volume 2 by Hajime Touya, Spike Chunsoft

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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Once Bitten, Twice Dead by Tiffany Schmidt

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emotional inspiring mysterious 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

5.0

i have so many complaints but if i shut off my brain i had so much fun, 5 stars

{edit: realistically this book is a solid 3, maybe even a 2.75 stars, but i really did have a lot of fun reading it and isn’t that what really matters?}

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Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls Volume 1 by Kyousuke Suga, Spike Chunsoft

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Blue Period, Vol. 1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

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informative inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Soul Eater NOT!, Vol. 1 by Atsushi Ohkubo

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
two of them are idiots and the other one is a tsundere and the random boob focus moments were weird
Disney Twisted-Wonderland, Vol. 1: Book of Heartslabyul by Yana Toboso, Wakana Hazuki

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adventurous funny mysterious fast-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
Follows the game premise pretty spot on, I’m too lazy to play the game to advance the story so I’m glad it got a manga release
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

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mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
author served up the double grooming special, maybe the real issue isn’t childhood trauma but PROTECTING YOUR KIDS FROM P3DOPHILES

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Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

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adventurous dark tense 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? Yes
Darling and The Franxx meets The Hunger Games meets Ender’s Game meets historical Chinese Empress Wu, this story is Feminine Rage and Cultural Complications and ROBOT ALIENS, there is so much to unpack

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