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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers: by Xiaolu Guo

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emotional reflective medium-paced

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

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Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller

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5.0

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Such a great book. I found it very helpful and the writing style makes it easy to read. The contents on the other hand make it pretty hard to read, but, then again, reflecting is always difficult. Helped me put several things into perspective.

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

Tough read, but I'm so glad I read it. It hurts, knowing that all the sexism and misogyny in this book accurately reflects what is actually happening, all over the world, in one form or another. The end did not come as a surprise to me, but it felt like a twist of the knife, nonetheless.

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Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

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emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

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The Outsider by Albert Camus

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

my desert island book.

The Call of the Wild by Jack London

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adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

I'm beginning to feel that London revels in cruelty and has much respect for the "survival of the fittest". Don't get me wrong, Buck is a great dog, but it seems to me that London pays a lot of attention to ancestry, genes, and race (and, most importantly, discriminates on it). Now that I've read both White Fang and The Call of the Wild I don't think I'll be reading any more of his books; he really tips my racism sensor and I've been annoyed enough by this.

For what it's worth, I liked the ending.

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Οι τρίλλιες που σβήνουν by Maria Polydouri

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was my first contact with Polydouri's work and I really liked it. Emotional, in general; I felt the love of the poet in every page—love for people and nature, as well as love for life itself. Nostalgic, at times, and somewhat sorrowful, but also accepting of death and loss in general. Looking forward to reading her second collection next ("Ηχώ στο Χάος").

Lampie and the Children of the Sea by Annet Schaap

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adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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scruffie's reviews 111 reviews

scruffie's reviews
111 reviews