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

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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New and Selected Poems, Volume One by Mary Oliver

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emotional lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
Record of a Spaceborn Few by Becky Chambers

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 32%.
Maybe I would have enjoyed it more if I had read it as a kid, who knows. Now, I found it very slow-paced and rather boring, to the point where I almost got into a reading slump. Could be that I've already consumed so much material focused on the worst side of humans to be interested in this book (e.g., movies such as Battle Royale , Das Experiment, Die Welle, ..), even if it was to some extent their predecessor. Won't be picking this up again I think.
Bargain Bin Rom-Com by Leena Norms

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dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

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5.0

Tamlin by Aven Wildsmith

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
I found the story very sweet and I quite liked the illustrations too
How it works: The Cat by Jason Hazeley

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funny informative lighthearted
a little savage
A Closed and Common Orbit by Becky Chambers

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

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adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No
I read this one in one go but I'm not sure how I feel about it now that I have. Curiosity certainly kept me going, but I found the story and the characters in it disturbing. Also it relies heavily on the trope of physical traits reflecting people's inner worth and qualities, which I don't like and find dangerous, in general. The explanations "—the word X here means Y—", though somewhat funny at first, were overused in my opinion, and lost their charm after the first few uses.

I'm curious enough to check out the next books, but I'm not as impressed as I'd hoped I'd be.
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