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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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

5.0

idek what to say
Accident Dancing by Keaton Henson

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emotional fast-paced

4.0

I love keaton henson and his writing so personally this was very good but there were better poems than others - it wasnt an 100% hit out of the park
A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman

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emotional hopeful 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

5.0

i cried many times in public
More Happy Than Not by Adam Silvera

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

3.25

good solid book to be honest, bit predictable and at times slow and at other times too fast but a good read
Nubia: Real One by L.L. McKinney, Robyn Smith

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adventurous emotional fast-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? No

4.0

i need a sequel now
Didn't Nobody Give a Shit What Happened to Carlotta by James Hannaham

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
i wanna come back to this but i think the ebook formatting was difficult
Rainbow Rainbow by Lydi Conklin

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

2.0

in the words of miss abby lee miller it was good but i was waiting for it to be great. some of the stories were forgettable and the good ones werent good enough to bump the book up. its like a collection to read if u like short stories but i didnt really connect with any of the characters and they felt like vignettes and not actually fully fleshed stories. it felt like it was trying to do smth and it failed. mid at best.

coming back to this actually: i agree with past reviewers, i really didn’t like the inclusion of explicit sex scenes w minors that kept popping up in the book. it happened in multiple stories and it just made me deeply uncomfortable. personal preference, i know, but this felt… fetishisy. 
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I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

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emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.75

a good ya that dealt with being nonbinary and queer romance well. enjoyable but it felt like there were things the author kept alluding to that were never brought up or addressed - which is weird in a ya. 
Life Ceremony by Sayaka Murata

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

4.5

honestly amazing. her ability to write something i would never thing to relate to but make it so normal needs to be studied!!!
100 Queer Poems by Andrew McMillan, Mary Jean Chan

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

teared up a few times but i didnt love all the poems (as is expected) so couldnt give 5 stars. did introduce me to new poets tho #slay