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106 reviews

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

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emotional 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

4.75

wow started the year with a bang, so glad i read this book. so amazing and crazy…. i will be thinking about this book for a long time. 
Luster by Raven Leilani

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challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was so interesting!! I love reading books with crazy ass main characters, this was great :)
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

this book was not for me
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In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

“We cannot advance together if you are like this. Love cannot be won or lost; a relationship doesn't have a scoring system. We are partners, paired against the world. We cannot succeed if we are at odds with each other.” 
This was definitely my favorite book of the year! Although difficult to read at parts because of the heavy topic it was amazing. 
All's Well by Mona Awad

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challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel W. Moniz

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challenging dark reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

“I felt my bones fashioning themselves into something like her: sturdy, sharp, and too exquisite to be human. In a hundred years, archaeologists or curious children would dig me up, brushing earth from my splintered femurs, studying my humerus for a hint at the joke. They would never quite get it because they couldn't see the whole: my fierce weirdness or the restless current that circled my spine. They would wonder what kind of animal I'd been as they photographed my partial skeleton and counted my grinning teeth. They would gild my bones in bronze and hang them on walls behind glass, and men would pay money to see.”
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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

3.5

“His father is a person of integrity, that’s why he went crazy.”
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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

I’ve been starting to think that the only thing that matters is that people feel happy, and I was trying to spare you some sadness. I keep noticing so many people aren’t happy, and it’s been making me feel sick. I keep looking at everyone and thinking, Oh my God, I just want them to smile. I keep staring at people’s mouths. Do you know what I mean? I keep thinking, Oh my God, I just wish you were smiling—” 
Rosemary nods. “Yes, I have thought about that too.” She looks at my mouth. “Now, do you ever think about how people might wish that for you?”
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer

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

1.5

i’m sorry but this book is soooo slow paced… it took me 6 months to read when books usually take me like 3 days max. i don’t really enjoy books without an overall plot so this didn’t really do it for me. why the fawk did cory cheat on greer in college i’m so confused y’all. i’m so glad for this shit to be over with 🙏🏻