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266 reviews

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

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dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is such an interesting read. I knew what I was getting into and was intrigued. The content is absolutelyv vile and revolting, the charactersso perfectly formed that I could not stop hating her  . Made me want to take shower everytime I picked up the book. But the writing is so so good and tense, i could not put it down. The book does what it is suppose to do, and does not glamorous anything about the subject but such good exploration on abuse and beauty.
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Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu by Junji Ito

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A Girl on the Shore by Inio Asano

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dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An interesting read. I don’t usually enjoy coming of age story. This was dark and complex. Well done for the topic I guess. 
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Train Dreams: A Novella by Denis Johnson

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Did not finish book.
Not a topic I’m interested in
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon

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inspiring reflective fast-paced
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney

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

3.75

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

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

3.75

Paradise Kiss: 20th Anniversary Edition by Ai Yazawa

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funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-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? Yes

5.0

The Houseguest: And Other Stories by Amparo Dávila

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Stories based on paranoia are incredible, my first hand experience on these kinds and now I wanna read more but with more closed endings. Overall the sorties are really nice, some better than others of course. My favorites are ‘Fragments of a Diary’ incredible writing, ‘The Cell’ the character exploration makes me wanna read an entire novel just on this,  ‘Musique Concrete’ uff the spiraling in this one, ‘End of a Struggle’ like just imagine this happening to you also hate this man, ‘Tina Reyes’ very relatable, ‘The Breakfast’ so imaginative!
The only advice would be to not read if you don’t like open endings and also don’t binge read this it hits different when read the collection once in a while.