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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy

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

4.25

My ranking of the stories:
1. The death of Ivan Ilyich
2. The forged coupon
3. Polikushka
4. Three deaths
5. After the ball
6. The woodfelling
7. The raid
Eldfödd by Stephen King

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medium-paced

4.0

Not me liking rainbird and thinking he would turn to good in the end ..
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

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funny lighthearted slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

Loved mr Jingle
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews

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challenging dark medium-paced

3.75

Lot of incest
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

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medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

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

4.0

Lazarus by Lars Kepler

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

Dune by Frank Herbert

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adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

4.0

At first it was pretty meh, then about 300 pages in I got really invested 
Persuasion by Jane Austen

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medium-paced

2.0