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The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

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3.75

this was hard
Die unerträgliche Leichtigkeit des Seins by Milan Kundera

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5.0

QualityLand by Marc-Uwe Kling

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2.75

the jokes are too on the nose, there are too many sitcom-moments, the characters are flat and the trope’s a recycled combination of orwell’s magnum opus and huxley’s brave new world; though sometimes amusing, it was mostly an irritating read 
The Karamazov Brothers by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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5.0

870 pages of pain and i’ve never loved life quite so much 
Il profilo dell'altra by Irene Graziosi

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4.0

Jugend ohne Gott by Ödön von Horváth

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4.5

“ich fühlte plötzlich, dass ich eine seele habe“
Sogni del fiume by Chandra Livia Candiani

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fast-paced
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  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

non mi riprenderò mai
La peste by Albert Camus

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

4.0

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

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dark funny inspiring fast-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

4.75

Le notti bianche by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

4.75