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The Good Son by You-Jeong Jeong

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was good! The imagery was <33 and I really couldn’t put it down for the last 150 pages. 
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 1%.
I wanted to read this for a while but I just really couldnt get past a few pages?? It put me into a reading slump
You Should Have Left by Daniel Kehlmann

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Super trippy
Grief Is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen

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funny lighthearted reflective 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? Yes

3.5

I don’t usually like romance, but this was really fun
Don't Cry for Me by Daniel Black

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dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

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

4.0

文豪ストレイドッグス BEAST 1 by 星河 シワス, Kafka Asagiri, 朝霧 カフカ, 春河３５, Sango Harukawa

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

So good! The art is super pretty
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

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4.0

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

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challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0