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anotherqueerreading

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

I really liked some parts of this book. Tho I did think it was a bit too long. And the ending was a bit lacklustre. Not sure if I’ll read the sequel or not. 
adventurous emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous fast-paced
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I think the length of these stories just doesn’t work for me. I wanted more. Or less. 🤷🏻

The diversity of characters was great tho. 
challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

I really appreciated the critique of universalizing! Wish I’d had this while writing my MA thesis. 

Love the discussions on ethics, teaching, learning, and cooperation as well! So much interesting stuff. 
adventurous emotional sad fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

I probably read this when I was younger but I couldn’t remember anything about it. So (re?)read it for a prompt that was a book challenged in Canadian schools. 
As it turns out I  kinda hate most of this book. So much fatphobia. 
But the end still made me cry.
Especially when the dad comforts his son. 
challenging informative reflective
challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Note to self: if you reread this, do it in hardcopy or ebook so you can linger over and highlight lines to your hearts content. So many great lines. 
mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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