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93 reviews

Tiny Traumas: When You Don't Know What's Wrong, but Nothing Feels Quite Right by Meg Arroll

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.
Has some helpful terms and conveys information in a good way, but didn’t give anything new to me for trauma work, or have many situations I could relate to. 
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
reads a bit too much like a textbook, and there are better resources i’ve liked more
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

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emotional hopeful mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.75

i really liked the first 80% of this book, but was not a big fan of the ending. 
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Tress of the Emerald Sea by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

The Boy with a Bird in His Chest by Emme Lund

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
simply not for me
Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell

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adventurous funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

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emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0