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101 reviews

Frank: Sonnets by Diane Seuss

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challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

Greenland by David Santos Donaldson

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emotional medium-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

3.5

Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg

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informative fast-paced

4.0

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee

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

5.0

“They can’t see that I have a secret as big as me. A secret replaces me.” 

A phenomenal novel about desire and despair. 
The Other Mother by Rachel M. Harper

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emotional reflective 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

An emotional page-turner that I feel ultimately says family and community is created, not bestowed or passed along. Finding and creating such is a challenging, but worthwhile endeavor.
Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami

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lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

This book shines when Murakami is reflective about how he’s developed his style and process. Otherwise, meh. 
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation by Ruth Wilson Gilmore

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.5

Jazz by Toni Morrison

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emotional 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

5.0

The Birdcatcher by Gayl Jones

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-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

4.0

Disturbing, yet dynamic novel with excellent dialogue that makes up for a lack of a plot.
Cold Enough for Snow by Jessica Au

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emotional inspiring relaxing 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

5.0

A stunning novel about how memories and stories (and therefore, people) are held and connected, passed along and sometimes forgotten.