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Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

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

4.0

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Normal People by Sally Rooney

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emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

4.5

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

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

4.75

“But I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure at all. How did I know that someday―at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere―the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again?“

heartbreaking and phenomenal 
Film for Her by Orion Carloto

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emotional reflective slow-paced

3.25

A Safe Girl To Love by Casey Plett

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

as with most short story collections; some i liked and some i did not care for.
Not Bleak and Winning are the highlights of this collection for me
Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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funny lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid

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3.5

I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya

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4.25

Severance by Ling Ma

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challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

I enjoyed this! slow, reflective, and at times a difficult to stomach novel about how memories of our past can keep us grounded but also be the cause of our self destruction.
I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25