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271 reviews

Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde

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

4.25

Where I Was: A Memoir from the Margins by Constance Singam

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emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

The Only Rule Is It Has to Work: Our Wild Experiment Building a New Kind of Baseball Team by Sam Miller, Ben Lindbergh

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informative medium-paced

3.5

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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

4.0

The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green

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hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.0

The Will of the Many by James Islington

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

4.25

Surprisingly good???
I was expecting to hate it more (given how cliched many tropes feel) but oooof that went to places that I didn’t expect!
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré

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

4.25

Very complex but really one of the best spy novels I have ever read.
What Mad Pursuit by Francis Crick

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informative slow-paced

3.5

I am impressed by how confident (even arrogant) some scientists can be.
The Goodbye Cat by Hiro Arikawa

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

4.25

Of Ants and Dinosaurs by Cixin Liu

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

4.0