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137 reviews

The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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

5.0

A colonial mansion, a hereditary estate, I would say a haunted house, and reach the height of romantic felicity —but that would be asking too much of fate!
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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adventurous dark reflective sad 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

5.0

I’ve read this book multiple times and this was the first time the severity of the situation hit me.
A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas

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adventurous emotional 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

3.0

Stay. Stay, stay, stay.

I thought the books started good and then got extremely slow in the middle. However, the last 100 pages made me feel things that books have not brought out of me in a long while.
A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas

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

4.0

I was his and he was mine, and we were the beginning and middle and end. We were a song that had been sung from the very first ember of light in the world.
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

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reflective 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

That afternoon Garret hummed a Brandenburg concerto while he worked the gardens, Dolores whispered fragments of Shakespeare to herself while she swept the concourse floors, the children practiced swordplay with sticks.”

Survival is insufficient.
The Cop and the Anthem and Other Stories by O. Henry

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funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-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? Yes

2.5

Those solemn but sweet organ notes had set up a revolution in him.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

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

2.0

It was love. Something older than humanity, more ancient than the desert.
Once There Was a War by John Steinbeck

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informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

Once upon a time there was a war, but so long ago and so shouldered out of the way by other wars and other kinds of wars that even people who were there are apt to forget.
The Hope of Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

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

2.0

“Ashe, could I borrow you for a moment?” she asked.

“Of course, Lady Matisse,” the Seon said. “What do you need?”

“Something simple, really,” Matisse said. “But it might just help. . . .”
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous mysterious 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

4.5

Eternity ended ten years ago.