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34 reviews

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

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

4.25

Long Division by Kiese Laymon

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

3.25

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

so many chapters in this book will stick with me— a classic for a reason
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden

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adventurous emotional lighthearted reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo

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

4.25

I knew i needed to revisit this the first time i finished it— this book is chaotic and grim and refuses to compromise on its obtuseness. but it’s beautiful and sprawling and a lot of the imagery is left swimming through my head
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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

5.0

my heart sank as i finished the last sentence— but my journey with this book, much like the protagonist’s, must end at some point. Harpman’s writing is plain and sharp; fluttering on a knife’s edge of calm introspection and desolate bleakness.
Liarmouth by John Waters

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

genuinely impossible to coherently describe the contents of this book. i think it would (and can) be a hell of a movie but as a book it feels like it overstays its welcome even in its short length
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life by Søren Kierkegaard

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dark funny reflective slow-paced
idk how to give this a score— kierkegaard’s writing is at times thoroughly engaging and diabolically wild while also being comically obtuse and morose. a weird and archaic read!
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

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

3.75