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A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

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

4.5

Pina by Titaua Peu

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

5.0

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Good Dirt by Charmaine Wilkerson

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

4.5

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All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

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

4.5

Girls of a Certain Age by Maria Adelmann

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dark reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi

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dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Blood Red by Gabriela Ponce

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 19%.
This is a fever dream and I’m not in the right head space for it right now.
Make the Season Bright by Ashley Herring Blake

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

3.5

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 39%.
This is probably brilliant but I can feel myself forcing myself to read it. Wrong time/mood, I guess. 
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger

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adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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