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150 reviews

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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dark reflective tense medium-paced

3.5

This was good, but deeply upsetting. I should've known better (oops).
Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency by Olivia Laing

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challenging informative inspiring slow-paced

3.5

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

The God of Endings: A Novel by Jacqueline Holland

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dark emotional mysterious relaxing fast-paced

4.25

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

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challenging informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.0

A Beautiful Composition of Broken by r.h. Sin

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reflective fast-paced

2.75

this is what rupi kaur THOUGHT she was writing tbh. it wasn’t bad, i feel very neutral on it overall, but the good poems/fragments didn’t outweigh the bad/cringe/bland ones. 
Everything I Need I Get from You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It by Kaitlyn Tiffany

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informative medium-paced

2.75

this is functionally two books: the one described on the back, and also a 1D cultural history. would be fine with both if that’s what I knew I was getting
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur

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fast-paced

1.75

the absolute dread of reading this is what took me 5+ years. 
the genuinely good snippets in no way outweigh the rest of the book. 
Second Place by Rachel Cusk

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challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.25