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Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

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adventurous challenging dark funny informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I like how after the first 200 pages it turned into the longest ADHD hyperfixation rant about whales ever written, with occasional plot thrown in to spice things up. 
Poor Things by Alasdair Gray

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adventurous challenging dark funny lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

Pure insanity. There’s some wild stuff here the movie cut out for probably good reason but dang this is such a great read!!
McGrotty and Ludmilla by Alasdair Gray

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dark funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Started reading this because I could get it sooner than Poor Things and I wanted to get a feel for Alasdair Gray’s writing style and wow! It’s biting as hell! Best satire of 80’s capitalism I’ve ever read. Can’t wait to read his translation of The Divine Comedy!
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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

4.0

Not as much of the fantasy story I expected it to be from the premise as much as it is statistics of generational, systematic misogyny in South Korea loosely framed over the story of a young woman’s life. But very good! Utterly hopeless. 
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

I’m so mad at that movie for what it made me think this book would be like.
Heretics of Dune by Frank Herbert

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

3.0

A chore done entirely out of obligation. Felt wildly aimless in a bad way!
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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dark emotional lighthearted reflective sad tense fast-paced
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  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The bug was trans
Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer

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

5.0

Apparently this is the third book in the series and i thought it was the second. I thought a bunch of stuff and people just got introduced off-page after Annihilation lol whoops but still it rips
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls (and Everything in Between) by Lauren Graham

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funny informative lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

She really does just talk like that huh?
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.25

I feel like the serialized format hurts the flow of the story but who cares it’s cool

Can’t believe Bram Stoker read this and went “yea that’s pretty good. lil fruity tho”
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