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203 reviews

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Kala by Colin Walsh

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

5.0

Virginia Woolf: A Biography. Volume 1. Virginia Stephen. 1882-1912 by Quentin Bell

informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.5

The Shadow Rising by Robert Jordan

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

dark hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court by Gareth Russell

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Chronic illness, Death, Racism, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death and Death

On Writers and Writing by Margaret Atwood

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0