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54 reviews

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

Stay gold, Ponyboy.
Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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

3.75

Fuck Nick.
Beach Read by Emily Henry

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

2.5

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett

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adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

You should eat the apple. Just saying. 
Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham

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fast-paced

1.0

Apparently you can survive on ideas alone. Or at least monetize ideas alone. 
All My Sons by Arthur Miller

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emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

“I guess to him they were all my sons.”
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

3.0

The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams

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

4.5

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

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emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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

4.0

I read this first when I was a sixteen year old adolescent who still thought he was a girl. I identified with the angst, the delirious anger, and a general preference to feel sorry for oneself instead of opting for vulnerability and opening up. 
Because I, too, thought that I was being rebuffed and ignored and I, too, was being rebuffed and ignored because I couldn't fully get out the thing that wanted to come out without giving myself away. 
Now that I've read it again as a twenty three year old trans guy I don't have much in common with Holden except for our mutual concern for the ducks' wellbeing in winter.