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374 reviews

Darkly She Goes

Hubert

2.0

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Catwoman: Lonely City

Cliff Chiang

5.0

emotional inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

usually im hesitant to read traditional superhero comics, but this was stunning. This is one of the best image books i've read, right up there with Vision little worse than man/little better than beast

The Poppy War

R.F. Kuang

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ninth House

Leigh Bardugo

3.0

dark mysterious 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: Yes

Moon of the Crusted Snow

Waubgeshig Rice

4.75

dark informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

The Lies of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

4.5

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari

1.25

challenging slow-paced

outdated, slow, and depressing. Any of the authors insights that could be uplifting are tragically optimistic and from a 2014 point of view. The last third was almost literally painful.