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Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

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

4.25

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She Gets the Girl by Alyson Derrick, Rachael Lippincott

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emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Train Go Sorry: Inside a Deaf World by Leah Hager Cohen

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was giggling and kicking my feet, then gasping while my heart dropped. I thoroughly reccomend!
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Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion

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challenging emotional informative reflective

4.5

For a Gen Z who avoids pop culture, Joan’s references and discussions of popular ideologies, people, shops, etc. were hard to understand. I feel I may have missed some deeper, pivotal meanings because of it.
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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros

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

3.5

Definitely a fun and engaging read, but prepare for a deluge of cringe moments. Also smut.
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Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

It’s been a long time since I got so sucked into a book that I felt I could not stop reading it. However, despite that, I was cringing almost every other page at cliche and unrealistic lines. The characters lack emotional intelligence and the overall writing was subpar. The worldbuilding swings back and forth between inspired and shallow.  Elements of the book are clearly good because I genuinely was very invested and enjoyed it, but objectively the book was leaning toward terrible. 
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A Map of Tulsa by Benjamin Lytal

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emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.0

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