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Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

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dark hopeful mysterious fast-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

The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai

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

1.0

The main character is an idiot. An insufferable, so very very entitled, stubborn idiot. 

The vibe is *very* YA. Also a scrubbed ATLA AU.

It's all so Obvious and shallow, with a lot of internal monologueyelling about how unjust things are. Like, YES obviously the things happening to these women are atrocious and they should have rights, but can we please go a bit deeper than that? No? *sigh*
Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven by Sana Takeda, Marjorie Liu

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adventurous dark tense 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

Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri

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adventurous dark sad 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

2.0

Labyrinth's Heart by M.A. Carrick

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adventurous emotional 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

4.0

A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

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

4.0

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

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adventurous dark 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

Monstress, Vol. 2: The Blood by Marjorie Liu

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

4.0

An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization by Robert Kegan, Lisa Laskow Lahey

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 3%.
DNF @ 3%

I was required to read this for work, but then I got laid off, so...

(I did like what I read so far. Maybe I'll revisit it in the future. But I've got several far more relevant-to-me work-related books much higher up on my list.) 
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening by Marjorie Liu

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dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

3 stars for the content/writing, extra star for the GORGEOUS art