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This Way Out

Tufayel Ahmed

3.5

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Suzanne Collins

3.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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R.F. Kuang

5.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Queens of Sarmiento Park

Camila Sosa Villada

3.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I wonder whether the translation impacted my enjoyment. It’s beautifully written but I felt quite detached from the narrative at times. The pacing felt a bit wrong in the middle of the book, but a strong start and end.

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Small Island

Andrea Levy

4.5

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-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: Yes

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands

Kate Beaton

5.0

dark emotional funny informative medium-paced

Would highly recommend reading this alongside Paying the Land by Joe Sacco, they wonderfully complement each other to give a fuller picture of the oil industry in Canada.

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