thenurabh's reviews
19 reviews

High Performance: Lessons from the Best on Becoming Your Best by Jake Humphrey, Damian Hughes

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informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

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reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

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informative inspiring sad medium-paced

2.0

Interesting topic and heartfelt, but lacking depth and shoddily written

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Satoshi Yagisawa

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hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Once & Future by A.R. Capetta, Cory McCarthy

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adventurous 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? No

1.0

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

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adventurous hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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5.0

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

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reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Ottessa does it again! Absolutely disgusting, but in a way that I couldn’t put down. Unlike her other novels, there was a lack of feminine characters/introspection on femininity but rather the overarching theme was society as a whole- the ease of believing that your suffering is the status quo and how to cope when the ruling classes fail you as a community. Very intriguing as this was Ottessa’s lockdown write!

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