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

Really incredible on a sentence level sometimes but my god this book dragged.
adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

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

This was cute but it wrapped up too quickly for the size of the issues. Also, they used so much Hebrew in the beginning, why did they stop?  
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No

Why is Suzanne Collins so obsessed with inventing songs. I need 99% less song.

The Sentence

Louise Erdrich

DID NOT FINISH: 47%

I’m bored
dark emotional reflective tense fast-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
adventurous informative reflective tense fast-paced

A book for lovers of metaphor
hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

Reread for book club - even better the second time around 
adventurous funny mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
informative reflective tense medium-paced

I appreciate the history of immigration and immigration policy in this country, but the memoir parts are sooo preachy