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26 reviews

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

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

4.5

RIP Sejanus Plinth - You would've loved Katniss Everdeen.
Roxy by Jarrod Shusterman, Neal Shusterman

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

3.0

Love the premise and its executed very well but I wish the drug personifications were a bit less?? emotional? Its a bit contrived to believe <a drug can fall in love with someone> but I liked the basic premise enough to finish the book.
The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike

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

2.5

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

Loved the start and the middle, and while the ending let the whole thing down a bit for me, I still enjoyed this book on the whole.
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

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

3.5

Before I Die by Jenny Downham

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

5.0

The last chapter
when Tessa sadly and quietly falls to her illness
still haunts me nearly two days after finishing this book; A dark, gritty look into the reality of what cancer steals from everyone. I genuinely sobbed, it hit very close to home and even seeped into my dreams. The story of Tessa isn't going to leave me for a long, long while.
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Wilder Girls by Rory Power

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

weird, different but very cool and interesting! only reason i'm not givng it five stars is because it never really answers questions. The best part was Hetty pining for Reese, I felt that HARD.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring sad 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

5.0

Heavy, Raw and Real. There were many times while reading this book that my heart felt heavy, One of the realest books I've read.
Paper Towns by John Green

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

3.75

Not bad, not amazing; Very middle of the road. The side characters were very likeable and I liked the dynamic between the group towards the end, The chemistry was really good. Ending was a little?? eh, not what I was expecting but I enjoyed it as my first John Green book, will def be reading more of his stuff!
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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
the book is well written and has an interesting world along with fantastic world building, i just don't feel like i can continue this book due to personal trauma reasons.
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