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801 reviews

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-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

The Jigsaw Man by Nadine Matheson

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4.5

The Witches of New York by Ami McKay

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious 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

The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Jo Wright

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adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly

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

4.5

All the Dirty Secrets by Aggie Blum Thompson

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Gone to See the River Man by Kristopher Triana

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adventurous dark mysterious
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.5

The Binding Room by Nadine Matheson

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Baba Lenka: Pure Occult Horror by Sarah E. England, S.E. England

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dark medium-paced

4.5

Silent Light by Kate Genet

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2.0

I always hate to give negative feedback about a book and I rarely do because much work has gone into it by the author but this one is an exception and I was feeling a tiny bit generous so I gave it at least 2 stars. This book had potential with the main storyline ie: the mystery ghost lights and mysterious laughing, but it was so hard to even get past the first 5 chapters. Out of the thousands of books I have read in my life, there have only been less than 5 that I could not finish and this was almost one of them. If I had to read the word "she" one more time with in the first few chapters I was going to scream. Most of the sentences were very short (just a few words) when they could have been combined into one sentence to make more sense. I felt like I was reading stories written by someone in junior or high school. I didn't care for the relationships between the people in book but that wasn't why I chose to read this one. I chose it because it seemed like a mystery...but some mystery, it was very clear who was up to what and why. Honestly, I pushed my way through it just so that I could add another finished book to my count for the year. I love to find new authors and read their work but I am sorry to say that Kate Genet will not be one of them.