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314 reviews

Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth by Warsan Shire

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dark emotional sad

4.0

Ghosts by Dolly Alderton

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.0

This book is just a collection of truths no one wants to hear.
Yesterday I Was the Moon by Noor Unnahar

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

I dog eared like 50 pages, this was so good.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror by Robert Louis Stevenson

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Well, I can understand why it became a classic, it would be pretty thrilling if you didn't know that they were the same person from the start.
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

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reflective sad medium-paced
Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-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

This is the first time I can use the word 'charming' to describe a book. Charming and also, wholesome.

It was quite different from the movie and I kept expecting for certain plot points to take place that never did so they feel like completely different stories to me.

Also, I'm pleasantly surprised that I never once felt like I was reading a book written 35 years ago, it still holds up wonderfully.
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.
This Is Pleasure by Mary Gaitskill

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reflective fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I won't rate this because I'm not sure how I feel about it and I don't quite know where the author stands either. I will say that the idea was better than the execution.
Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales

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funny hopeful sad 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? No

3.0

I'm 19 but I already felt too old for this book.
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-joo

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

5.0

hate men

(also kim jisoo has immaculate taste)