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156 reviews

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

11/22/1963 by Stephen King

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dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Devil's Deal by Layla Fae

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

The Counte of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

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challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

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adventurous dark funny mysterious reflective tense 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

3.75

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Contact by Carl Sagan

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? No

4.0

This was pretty good. I really like that a sci-fi book from the 60s had a female lead who was brilliant and competent.

This book did make me feel dumb. It was very technical but the problem is that I'm not knowledgeable at all on space and physic theories so any tech talk I had literally no idea if it was rooted in some existing theory or all just bullshit and it made it frustrating because some stuff I thought was silly but had know idea if maybe it was possible. I didn't detract that from the rating though cause that's just a deficiency on my side and nothing to do with the book.

Overall I thought it was good.

Would recommened. I recommended it to Charlie and he's reading it now.

Will probably read again in my life.

Side note, last night I read Thrum by Meg Smitherman, horror sci-fi with a female lead, and the book she brought into space was Contact and it made me happy that I had just read it and could relate.

Thrum by Meg Smitherman

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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

Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom by Sylvia Plath

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0