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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

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dark emotional 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

I really enjoyed this book! The premise was amazing and it was such a blast to read. Highly recommend for my fellow queers and autistics, even if you’re an adult! 
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Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade by Ryan North, Kurt Vonnegut, Albert Monteys

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

3.5

This wasn’t anything special compared to the actual book, it didn’t feel as impactful or life changing but was still enjoyable to read!
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Rouge by Mona Awad

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

At first, I was so uncertain about this book. I wasn’t a fan of Bunny as I think I gave that 1 star, so at the beginning I was a bit eh and wondering should I DNF.

I’m so glad I didn’t. This book is so weird yet amazing, it takes you on a journey you don’t expect and delves deeper and deeper into a world that you can never come back from. I’ll be thinking about this story for a long time and I’m so glad I read it.
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The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.
This is the second book I’ve tried from Krystal Sutherland and I’ve decided her writing and characters just aren’t for me. Also, I am not as interested in YA anymore so that doesn’t help.
Divine Might: Goddesses in Greek Myth by Natalie Haynes

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funny informative medium-paced

5.0

Another great book by Natalie Haynes. I enjoy the sprinkling of humour she adds as she talks about these Greek Godesses made reading non fiction more fun for me!
This Ravenous Fate by Hayley Dennings

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dark emotional mysterious 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? No

1.0

This is a DNF @53% 

I couldn’t push myself to read this book anymore so I’m counting what I did read as a one star as I feel like I wasted my time. 

I was reading a bunch of reviews and agree this should have been edited more as it really does feel like a first draft not a finished novel the plot and dialogue is clunky and the characters don’t have anything interesting going on, they just bore me or piss me off. 

This is one of my most disappointing books as I was so excited to read this but it fell completely flat and was extremely lacklustre. 
Words of Radiance Part One by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.5

I’m only rating this a 4.5 as it’s clear this is the set up within book 2, but the UK editions are all split into two parts so I’m excited to continue the story and enjoy it!! 
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.
I know I can read a long ass book, as I’m reading the stormlight archive but this is too much for me. I made it 9% and would have to re-read the 158 pages to remember the names and what happened. 
Your Letter by Hyeon A. Cho

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emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Conversations with Monsters: On Mortality, Creativity, and Neurodivergent Survival by Charlotte Amelia Poe

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3.0

Reading a book that reflects your own mind in so many ways is new to me, but I greatly appreciated this book and I’m happy I read it (I sat for over an hour to read it back to back). Would highly recommend for my fellow autistics who sometimes struggle! Or even struggled in the past like I did as it feels less lonely now.

Update: lowering my rating as I actually feel very neutral to this now? I look at it and think yeah it was impactful for a day but after that I haven’t thought much about it.