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11 reviews

Helicopter Story by Isabel Fall

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challenging dark reflective fast-paced

5.0

The New Life: A Novel by Tom Crewe

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

3.5

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Sinner by Maggie Stiefvater

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adventurous mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I’m biased because this series was a teenage favorite of mine. Age and experience has shown me more of its flaws, but I truly love these books. Sam and Grace have such a wonderful dynamic (after an admittedly odd beginning) and the other characters are given appropriate time and attention as the series goes on. Also, intriguing and unique take on lycanthropy.
Red Moon by Benjamin Percy

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

2.25

Unfortunately I was viscerally annoyed by one of the main characters every time he entered the page. An idea that had so much potential—lycanthropes living among us and the societal implications of it—was utterly wasted on a plot that went completely off the rails in the third act, characters that overall felt flat and trope-y, and too many threads that either never got tied up or simply led to nowhere satisfying. This book doesn’t know what it wants to be, and it shows in the poor handling of the metaphor the entire plot revolves around: werewolves as stand-ins for [insert marginalized group here].
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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

1.5

The dragons were like an anesthetizing balm applied over my brain that let me skim past the many, many, many faults in this book as I read.
Severance by Ling Ma

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

5.0

Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.5