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Real Americans by Rachel Khong

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

4.25

Practical Demonkeeping by Christopher Moore

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medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

0.25

This book was horrifically boring, and I don’t know how or why I made myself get through it. I remember reading Lamb over over a decade ago and absolutely loving it, but I legit can’t comprehend how he even got a second book published with this novel as his debut. I’m glad he eventually got around to creating something as good as Lamb, but it’s shocking to me these two books are by the same author cuz I didn’t laugh once reading PD.
The Wedding People by Alison Espach

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Where You End by Abbott Kahler

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

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adventurous informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Rizzio by Denise Mina

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Woke Up Like This by Amy Lea

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adventurous medium-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? Yes

2.0

When We Were Silent: A Novel by Fiona McPhillips

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I raced through the first third of the book so quickly, but when I picked it up again the next day, it lost momentum. I found myself wanting it to just be over already about halfway through. I never found Evie/Lucca or her relationship with Ryan compelling, and
once Devon entered the scene, it became absurd that he could legit solve any problem with his tech knowledge and hacking. It took the plausibility and realism outta the entire novel. I guessed either Ryan himself or George would be Mr. Smith. I wanted it to be Ryan so there wouldn’t be a cheesy ass ending where he and Evie/Lucca end up together. But alas they did.
The Will of the Many by James Islington

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Did not finish book.
The world building is intriguing, but it is taking way too long to get to the part where Vis even reaches the actual Academy. I really wanted to enjoy this because everyone has been raving about it, but I’ve barely been able to make it through 150 pages in three days and usually I’m a very fast and voracious reader. This was too much of a slog, unfortunately, and I was shocked by how small the font is considering the book is 620 pages. That makes it even more daunting and feel longer than it looks.