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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

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adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
it was easy and captivating but the writing was only okay and idk i wasn’t super into it but i finished it quick and i think thats bc the chapters are like 1-3 pages long 
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
idk it’s good but it’s one of those books that are more enjoyable to talk about and to discuss and think about than to actually read and that’s okay i think those books are great as well 
also no one talks abt the slur usage in this book for whatever reason?? 
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami

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really good! i don’t typically read short stories bc i feel like i can never get into them and they always seem inconsistent in quality and while some of these were inevitably better than others (an independent organ, kino, scheherazade and drive my car) they were all pretty solid 
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung by Mao Zedong

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extremely readable but i just forgot i was reading this multiple times! 
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney

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emotional hopeful 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? Yes
i liked it, it was different than normal people and conversations with friends but still enjoyable. idk i didn’t really like the last part about the pandemic i felt like it would’ve just been a bit better without it but also maybe it just feels weird that something so recent is already written down in a book? i do think that the characters are really interesting, especially simon- so many people praise him but he seems very detached from his feelings and just knows how to please people. not that i too wasn’t in love with him but at least i know that. the characters really carried and i liked the emails
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
honestly took me so long and did in fact drive me into a reading slump but it was a really good and interesting book i think donna tartts novels are always quite dense and you have to pay attention a lot to grasp what’s going on and i  haven’t been able to even be present irl so ……. but i did enjoy this a lot!! also the ending was probably one of the most beautifully written things i’ve read in a while :,) 
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Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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
what the literal fuck????(? i’m….. this girl is insane fr and the ending is so good 
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Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

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she’s so easy to read and i love it
Film for Her by Orion Carloto

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truthfully, i just love orion & the way she loves 
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner

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so so sooooo good i felt every single thing she did and i love it