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The Island At The Edge Of Night by Lucy Strange

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Enlightenment by Sarah Perry

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emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

I absolutely adored this book. It was beautiful and sad and the characters reminded me of Angela Carter and everyone was in unrequited love and being haunted and gazing at the moon...
I'm obsessed! I'm going to reread The Essex Serpent and then read it again so I can further appreciate the little references.
Read it, it's sublime. But if you somehow don't like it don't tell me as I'll take it as a personal insult!

A Llama Called Lightning by Helen Peters

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Jasmine is such a brat who never learns a bloody lesson and always gets her way in the end. Drives me mad! My children love the series though.

Poyums by Len Pennie

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emotional reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell

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emotional reflective sad slow-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

4.0

Ruth was at times a little bit too pious for my tastes but I suppose she had to be super good to highlight the hypocrisy of societies treatment of "fallen women".

We all learned not to be judgy, lest our sons grow up to commit fraud. And while the ending was Old Curiosity Shop levels of saccharine it did make me have a good cry. Not Gaskell's best but still well worth the time.

Ariki and the Giant Shark by Nicola Davies, Nicola Kinnear

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced