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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Suzanne Collins

3.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Anatomy: A Love Story

Dana Schwartz

4.25

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Daisy Jones & The Six

Taylor Jenkins Reid

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This one's going to stay with me for a while.

The writing is elegant and erudite, but so readable. I don't think it ended up being exactly what I was expecting when I picked it up, however, I became thoroughly hypnotized by the characters. The plot kept me guessing the whole way, despite giving away a lot of the story in the first few pages. I plan on picking it up again.

All I can think is..."with friends like these..."

A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness

2.5

challenging mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I struggled to finish this. It’s about 200 pages too long. The writing is way, way too detailed for my liking. And as far as the plot - considering the length of the book - nothing really happens…? I had high hopes for this but I was so bored for the last 300 pages and found myself skimming it to finish.