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203 reviews

Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff

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challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Split by Muhammad Khan

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hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

Cute and uplifting message: one that I think many kids need to hear.

Please Miss: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Penis by Grace E. Lavery

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adventurous reflective fast-paced

3.0

had absolutely no clue what was going on for most of it, and yet i dont feel like i wasted my time!

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

Africa's Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe

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informative reflective fast-paced

3.0

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The Presentation Of Self In Everyday Life by Erving Goffman

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informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell

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informative fast-paced

3.0

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

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adventurous hopeful slow-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? No

1.0

Female characters were completely flat, they’re not much more than love interests, one character offering to “lie with” Charlie in a gesture of thanks was very off. King communicates evil characters through describing them as fat and ugly which is disappointing. I find it very odd that the main character (who is Jewish as far as I remember?), in order to become the prince that saves the day, has his hair change to blond and his eyes turn blue? Not sure King’s thinking behind that uncomfortable choice. Quite unremarkable and tedious at times but an uplifting ending to a basic fairy tale story.

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Anti-Semitism Revisited by Delphine Horvilleur

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fast-paced

0.0

Apparently the current experience of Palestinians is just the result of a culture of victimhood- Palestinians feel jealousy for the ‘attention’ Jews got following the Shoah?

I loved the discussion of Rabbinical texts and Jewish identity but that last chapter was….shocking.

People don’t support Palestinians because our society now loves ethnic minorities… it’s because they’re being murdered.

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