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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

I found this book very informative in terms of how I can best conduct my life to achieve a sense of peace, but I also think that in some ways I lack some of the background knowledge on Buddhism to be able to fully understand this text. This book, though, makes me want to read up more on Buddhism, which I think might be a helpful practice, even though I do not consider myself religious. 
The Promised Neverland, Vol. 13 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 12 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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

3.5

The Seep by Chana Porter

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adventurous challenging reflective 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

I loved how real this book felt in terms of its insights on human nature. I need more books by this author. 
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The Promised Neverland, Vol. 11 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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

3.5

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 10 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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

2.75

The Promised Neverland, Vol. 9 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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adventurous dark tense

3.0

The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book made me cry so much and it was so inspiring. It's such a beautiful look into what it means to try to change the way your life was meant to be carried out and whether it is possible to change the destinies placed on us by class structures.  
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The Ruins by Scott Smith

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
I had such high expectations for this book because Stephen King was a fan of one of the author's other books, but it really fell short. The horror aspects were good, but unlike King's novels, the characterization was so poor that every single character felt like an NPC. It is written from multiple perspectives, but every perspective could've been the exact same person with how little characterization they each had. 
The Promised Neverland, Vol. 8 by Posuka Demizu, Kaiu Shirai

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5