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adventurous mysterious
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: Yes
emotional reflective
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

this was so good!!!!! some of the dialogue felt a lil unrealistic and i wanted an epilogue but it was just so darn good. rachel reid does it again. and i LOVE these characters. ugh. she rocks

999: The Extraordinary Young Women of the First Official Jewish Transport to Auschwitz

Heather Dune MacAdam, Heather Dune Macadam

DID NOT FINISH: 35%

i just need to stop trying to read holocaust books. i just cant handle it

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emotional hopeful relaxing
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i love rachel reid!!!!!! this book was very good. i really enjoyed it! the conflict felt very realistic, and overall the book made me feel very happy
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No

the writing was nowhere near capote’s best, i didn’t really care about the characters, and it was a little boring. im just gonna ignore the short story and pretend only the movie exists. 
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this was cute, i liked the characters, and the spice was okay. i just think the “i love you”s happened a lil too fast
challenging slow-paced

this man would literally NOT SHUT UP about phillip klein. also, this book didnt even do a very good job of proving that buchanan was the worst president ever. it also refused to acknowledge that any other president, no matter how horrible, was anywhere near as bad as buchanan, and i’m not sure that i agree with that. 
adventurous challenging slow-paced

this was so interesting and complex and honestly a really enjoyable read!
challenging informative slow-paced

this book was informative, but i STRONGLY disagreed w some of his ratings.
woodrow wilson an A???????? bffr. he glossed over wilson’s racism, as well as his blatantly unconstitutional laws (sedition & epionage acts) and did not even mention theodore roosevelt’s literal torture of filipino prisoners. he also wayyy underscores the internment of japanese americans. an A to REAGAN???? after iran contra?? and his mishandling of aids??? many of his initial economic decisions piggybacked off of carter, and reagan also didnt even DO anything to release the iranian hostages. however, SLAY for giving george w bush an f.