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The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

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challenging dark reflective tense 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? Yes

4.25

Modern day Lear retelling. I couldn’t put this down , absolutely wonderful. Shades of Shirley Jackson for me too, oddly.

The Little Big Things: The Inspirational Memoir of the Year by Henry Fraser

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

The Transgender Issue: An Argument for Justice by Shon Faye

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challenging informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Very, very helpful in sorting out my thoughts about this ‚issue‘ and why it is being pushed so much at the moment. Radical and liberationist

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

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dark funny sad 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? Yes

4.0

Jews Don't Count by David Baddiel

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challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.75

Dracula by Bram Stoker

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dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The Guide to James Joyce's Ulysses by Patrick Hastings

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informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely wonderful guide, got me right through for the first time

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka

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adventurous dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Phenomenal, well deserved Booker win this year. Just wished certain topics were handled a wee touch more sensitively (suicide is touched on though not a major theme) and I felt the way it was handled was not quite right , but it’s art and certainly the author conveyed a lack of any stigma about it by the end. A beautiful ghost story and gives voice to the dead of Sri Lanka in a clever and moving way.

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