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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Cried three times and will definitely be reading the rest of the series

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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dark emotional reflective

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

4.25

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

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adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

A lot like Alice Walker’s ‘Temple of my familar’ but better. Dual timeline, family secrets, Caribbean/American/English setting.

The Setting Sun by Osamu Dazai

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emotional 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

4.0

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

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5.0

Maybe I should get a psychiatrist

The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx, Friedrich Engles

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

DEMIAN : de HERMANN HESSE by Hermann Hesse

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challenging dark funny reflective slow-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

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

Existentialism and Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

The Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Very different from The Colour Purple, with the most prominent differences being there are a lot more characters perspectives in this book.
Frankly despite the clear differences between perspectives, the whole book was still confusing as hell, even now I’m not sure if it was chronological or not. It’s was well written I’ll give it that, Alice Walker is still a good writer, but this definitely wasn’t my cup of tea.
To be honest I’m not really looking forward to the next book in the series, but as I loved The Colour Purple so much I’ll probably read it anyway.

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