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Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0


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Islands of Decolonial Love: Stories & Songs by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson

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emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

Interesting, I connected to certain parts more than others. Some of the language is really beautiful, I think the poems were my favourites. I think I could spend more time with this and get more out of it, it’s very nuanced. As usual though, I like Simpson’s thoughts. 
Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
It switched to second person, which I didn’t love, and because of something in the previous book, my favourite character wasn’t there. It just wasn’t the same storytelling as the last one, as I expected.
Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

I quite liked this one up until about halfway through or a bit before. I liked Maria and hearing about her life and her thoughts. And then it became a lot about her doing drugs and alcohol a lot and that was less interesting to me. Halfway through, there’s a new character introduced and Maria is left behind for a while, and I liked that even less. The ending left much to be desired. 

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Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense 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

5.0


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Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice

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3.0


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