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dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I flew through this, and was not expecting that ending, what a wild ride.

Enjoyed the pacing and getting the different perspectives each chapter was good. 

Overall interesting, think this would be fab for a book club. 

American Pastoral

Philip Roth

DID NOT FINISH: 4%

Not a fan of the font and not sure I really understand what's going on, I'm not reaching for it, so I'm DNFing it. 
dark emotional 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

This one was much darker than I initially thought.

Starts off like Daisy Jones but quickly it becomes something else entirely. It's hard going in parts for sure. 


emotional funny informative fast-paced

Enjoyed this, Dave's had a fun rock and roll life and the stories are full of warmth and heart.

What a nice man he is. 
emotional funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Solid read, enjoyed this. Beach read for sure, but I liked it. 
challenging dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This took me a hellishly long time to finish, and it was good, but I really could have done with, it being about 150 pages less. I also found it hard to have sympathy for anyone, by the end I felt a little like choices had been made, and yet... They still moaned/suffered their way through it. 

Worth picking up but also good for it to be done. 

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emotional hopeful fast-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: No

I thought this was really simple, and I just didn't think it was that good, it felt really obvious to me from the start and didn't really surprise me, and it really felt that her just asking for what she wanted could have resolved a lot of things. Personally I quite struggled through this, it just wasn't doing anything for me. 😔

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dark emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I thought this was a well paced book that hit some really hard topics.

In parts I felt for all the characters even if they were flawed and rubbish. 

Hard to read in parts. 

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dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Short stories.

Unhinged women. Some of the stories better than others as it the way with these things but I enjoyed myself with it!