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The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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

4.5

Untypical: How the world isn't built for autistic people and what we should all do about it by Pete Wharmby

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emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

It's been I think a month since I've read this, it could've been more. Idk, my time awareness is literally nonexistent😂
But I can fondly remember, that when I read this, it was a really insightful, informative and also emotional read. Pete Wharmby writes about the struggles of autistic people in a world that is designed for allistic people, borrowing from his own experiences to portray just how widespread this problem of ableism towards autism is spread.
In my opinion, this book should be read especially by allistic people so they can understand autistic struggles and to start accommodating to their needs, which is not hard, as Wharmby perfectly explains.
I can and will recommend this book, because, like I said already, I think this is really really informative and insightful and help a lot of autistic people by showing allistic people how to change their worldview to be more accomodating and accepting!

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

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adventurous challenging dark inspiring slow-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

5.0

This Fantasy novel wasn't just epic in the categorical way but also in a "OMG this was epic" kind of way! I already loved Priory of the Orange Tree when I read it a whole 2 years ago, so it was a no brainer that I had to read this book, too. In my opinion this is a very worthy addition to the world of Priory, one of the greatest and best executed Fantasy worlds I ever got the chance to dive into!
The characters in this book were so very well written and I really felt with them through literally everything. That's probably also why I will never recover from the emotional damage this book created😂
The writing was really extraordinary, too. I looooved how you could realy feel the change of tone just by looking at the writing style itself by comparing it at different points in the book!
No, for real, you should all go read PotOT and ADoFN because Samantha Shannon is an absolute master at writing Fantasy!

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 8%.

The writing style is absolutely not my cup of tea

The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers by Adam Sass

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced