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295 reviews

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis

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challenging dark 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

5.0

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

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emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien

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adventurous hopeful slow-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

3.5

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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

4.5

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

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challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad

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reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

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adventurous emotional slow-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

5.0

Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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

Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein

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challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

Doppelganger feels scattered. It may have worked better as a collection of essays about the right rather than being very loosely tied together by the physical double metaphor. I was expecting it to be more memoir, but I think that's a failing of the marketing and not the writing. Mostly was on board with everything, yet Klein's blind faith in liberal democracy still confounds me. Strong finish, but the majority of it was all over the shop.
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

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

4.0