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Bear Witness

Mary Gaitskill

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Halfway to Free

Emma Donoghue

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-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

The Contractors

Lisa Ko

3.5

sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Sweet Virginia

Caroline Kepnes

4.0

mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Graceful Burdens

Roxane Gay

4.0

challenging sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This Telling

Cheryl Strayed

3.5

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The Fine Print

Lauren Asher

3.5

funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was an OK read, not sure I'll rush to read the sequel though.

Only Human

Sylvain Neuvel

3.0

adventurous mysterious tense 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: Yes

Hmmmm...well, this was a bit of a let down if I'm being honest. It felt like a convoluted mess - I really didn't like Katherine, the prose of the book was markedly different I felt, and the pacing was poor.

The conversations were very king and drawn out. Especially the ones taking place on the alien planet. They were very one sided at times due to the use of the alien language, which I personally found irritating and it really disturbed the flow of the book.

I did like the epilogue, so I suppose that's something 🤷‍♀️

Waking Gods

Sylvain Neuvel

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Wow - this was amazing. Struggled to out it down!

To Marry and to Meddle

Martha Waters

DID NOT FINISH: 17%

Really disappointed in this third installment. DNF at 17%

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