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Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

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funny hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

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challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

Everyone who has not had a major mental and/or eating disorder and/or an abuser NEEDS to read this book. Everyone who has experienced a lot of that… should probably Not read this. Or. At least pick up towards the end. Or. Prepare for those trigger warnings. Prepare.
The first 200-and-something pages. Felt like hell for me. It’s a realism and an onslaught that I probably should not have relived with her.
I regret some things about this experience. But not the act of reading this book itself.

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King Lear by William Shakespeare

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

Processing.

If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha

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challenging dark hopeful informative tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? No

1.5

This book is boring. The good ending did not make up for the hours I wasted or the violent sexism and racism. Also, dare I say queer baiting? Seriously, John.

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Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid

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adventurous dark 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

Everything was brutal and brilliant. An amalgamation of Grim fairy tales. It’s about unlearning a worldview. It’s a mess. But, God, the intensely emotionally abusive father is so relatable.

This has been edited because. I keep coming back to it. I keep hanging on the words of different reviews. And I’ve since reflected on and heard more about why I didn’t understand some of it. The gore and catharsis around every trauma I understood was coupled with some trauma and trauma responses… I just didn’t understand. This book wasn’t there to teach. But it was really fucking good. And it lingered in my mind.

Also. The cover is fucking gorgeous but the tone of it—the style—only says “Fantasy.” I understand how even I didn’t know I was in for horror when I picked it up. I’m glad I found it but I’m not surprised a lot of people end up just triggered or hating it. It’s misleading.

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