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32 reviews

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.

literally did not know what was going on stop jumping around the timeline so much!!!!!!!!

Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.0

this was soooo cute but the main character made me really mad at times

Brutes by Dizz Tate

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.0

i really wish i understood anything that was going on but i didn’t, made it 10x more confusing that i was listening to the audiobook version instead of reading it though so idk

The Daydreams by Laura Hankin

emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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

4.25

spent the whole time trying to figure out which real life celebrities they were referencing

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body shaming, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau

adventurous emotional funny hopeful fast-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

4.0

made me nostalgic for a time i wasn’t even around for

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

i love unlikable main characters they’re so fun to hate

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.25

idk how a book full of greek military jargon and men managed to make me so emotional but here we are

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and War

The Maid by Nita Prose

mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

i really wished i liked this but i didn’t. frustrating, predictable, slow, inconsistent timeline, and characters i simply didn’t care about. i hate not finishing books so i somehow got through this one but i wish i didn’t.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

4.75

ripped my heart out and stomped all over it then put it back and gave me a kiss on the forehead

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Violence, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Racism, Rape, Drug use, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Blood, Sexual assault, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Bunny by Mona Awad

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

i wish i had physically read this instead of listening to an audiobook bc i found it very hard to follow and idk if that’s bc it is or just bc it was an audiobook. it had a lot of good and intriguing ideas but none of them really got fleshed (lol) out for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Self harm, and Sexual content