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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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challenging emotional 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

4.25

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

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dark tense slow-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

3.5

The Very Best Of Women's Short Stories by Winifred Holtby, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Kate Chopin

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reflective relaxing

Strong character development? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

Ninth Grade Slays by Z Brewer

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2.0

The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 67%.

It really rides that “it’s technically not incest” line. Did not enjoy the romantic-flavored turn the inner monologues took.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.75

Unwind by Neal Shusterman

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dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven

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emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.75

Content Warnings

The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

I decided to stop reading this book because I did not find the main character compelling, at least as an adult. Because of this, it was hard to feel sympathy when she faces a major plot point

(her pregnancy)

. I additionally was expecting the picking flowers to help people to be the main thing that drives the plot, but it was more the main character's life difficulties. Overall, just not what I wanted from it.