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64 reviews

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

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challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Life Before Life: A Scientific Investigation of Children's Memories of Previous Lives by Jim B. Tucker, Ian Stevenson

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challenging informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.0

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

If you want to sit in deep trauma and be sad then read this. It was heavy and dark and not enjoyable. 
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings (Loa #118) by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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challenging emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

4.25

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Deeply thoughtful and spiritual book. This is one I plan to revisit over the years. I absolutely loved it. 
Plantopedia: The Definitive Guide to Houseplants by Sophia Kaplan, Lauren Camilleri

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5.0

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.
I didn’t love the first but I thought I would give the second a try because of the hype. Sometimes it takes time but I was just so bored. I didn’t care about the characters at all. I wanted to love it. I just didn’t feel it and was not interested. 
From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

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

2.0

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

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adventurous funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

5.0