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janettebm

The Mantis

Kōtarō Isaka

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Don't judge a book by it's cover. I would never have picked up this book but it was recommended to me and I grudgingly started it. It was beautifully written with wonderful character engagement. Highly recommended to just open it and not look at the cover until the end

The Tasting Menu: A Short Story

Stuart MacBride

3.5

dark funny fast-paced

Chase

Dean Koontz, K.R. Dwyer

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Short but powerful

Elena Knows

Claudia Piñeiro

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Heartbreaking. Also watched the Film which was beautifully interpreted from the book

Faces in the Crowd

Valeria Luiselli

3.0

Britt-Marie Was Here

Fredrik Backman

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

5*s aren't enough. Such a beautiful story of broken people, a broken town and a caring community.

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain

John Boyne

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover

4.25

emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

3.75

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Some good, some not so good. No cohesion to the stories or any way of linking them into one book so I couldn't read it in one go without a break between each

The Memory Police

Yōko Ogawa

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I have no idea what I have just read but I couldn't put it down. Incredible plot and characters, incredibly bizarre

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