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63 reviews

Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

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challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

3.75

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

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challenging funny informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced

3.5

A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway

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adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Across the River and into the Trees by Ernest Hemingway

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

2.5

Islands in the Stream by Ernest Hemingway

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

3.0

Coming Up for Air by George Orwell

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adventurous emotional funny 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

2.5

Keep the Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell

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dark funny hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Burmese Days by George Orwell

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

3.5

11 Explorations into Life on Earth: Christmas Lectures from the Royal Institution by Helen Scales, David Attenborough

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adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

2.75