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Going Under: A Memoir of Family Secrets, Addiction and Escape by Seana Smith

Going Under: A Memoir of Family Secrets, Addiction and Escape

3.0

hopeful reflective slow-paced

The Holiday Trap by Roan Parrish

The Holiday Trap

3.5

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39 by Florian Illies

Love in a Time of Hate: Art and Passion in the Shadow of War, 1929-39

3.5

informative reflective sad medium-paced

Scaffolding by Lauren Elkin

Scaffolding

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Yr Dead by Sam Sax

Yr Dead

3.5

challenging reflective medium-paced

Go the Way Your Blood Beats by Emmett de Monterey

Go the Way Your Blood Beats

Emmett de Monterey

4.0

informative reflective medium-paced

Shame On You by Melissa Petro

Shame On You

4.5

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

4.5

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Men Have Called Her Crazy by Anna Marie Tendler

Men Have Called Her Crazy

Anna Marie Tendler

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria by Caroline Crampton

A Body Made of Glass: A Cultural History of Hypochondria

Caroline Crampton

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced