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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
adventurous
dark
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I loved this backlist title! It had been on my tbr for a long time, and a reading challenge I am participating in finally got me to read it. The Night Circus has beautiful prose and dynamic characters. I can see where the criticisms of the novel come from, as it is very slow-paced. But if you can dedicate yourself to the story, you will be gifted with an absolutely stunning story.
The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal by Brian H. Williams
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
I found this memoir to be absolutely fascinating! Williams is a trauma surgeon who was on the clock during the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest. Throughout this novel, he contemplates racial inequity in health care, gun violence, and his own identity as a Black man in medicine. Overall, this was a well-written, thoughtful memoir that I would recommend to every type of reader.
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(I received an audio recording of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed above are my own.)