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133 reviews

Deep Sea: 10 Things You Should Know by Jon Copley

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informative fast-paced

4.75

Tales of the Greek Heroes by Roger Lancelyn Green

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adventurous challenging medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

The Snow Ghost and Other Tales: Classic Japanese Ghost Stories by Various

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No

2.75

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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

3.75

Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

Galatea by Madeline Miller

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dark reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

Heartstopper Volume 5 by Alice Oseman

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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fast-paced

2.25

The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

read: 18/11/23 - 21/11/23 | spoilers!
This was a book that pleasantly surprised me. I bought the book on a whim and nearly didn't read it due to not being too intrigued by the blurb, yet I am so glad I did. I was hit with a witty narrative voice, an accurate depiction of mental illness, beautiful prose, and a healthy pacing that kept the book not only breathable but reflective of the main character's anxious state. The book was funny whilst heart-warming, honest to a struggling experience whilst being simultaneously hopeful. There was an earnest humanity woven into each character that made everyone exciting to read. Austin's prose is darkly in-line with Gilda's thought process;
the remnants of her coffee described as "guts", her drinking described as "[sweating] out God's blood", everything fittingly described either disgustingly or clinically>

I adored the book and its characters, my only criticism being that
I wish we got more of Gilda and Eli as I loved their dynamic
- more a case of wanting more rather than an actual fault with the book, I think. A heavy yet entertaining read :]