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Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide

Rupert Holmes

4.0

dark funny mysterious 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

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

5.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

The Unspoken Name

A.K. Larkwood

5.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

This book will stick with me for a very long time. So good. Wonderful. Painful. Loving.

Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things

Jenny Lawson

5.0

funny inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

The Terraformers

Annalee Newitz

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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 book is so wonderful, I really enjoyed getting to know all the characters, and the planet itself, through each section of the book. I loved how things connected and how you watch how a decision that happens decades earlier effects those later. And how those that come later understand the history behind it.

Gamora and Nebula: Sisters in Arms

Mackenzi Lee

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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: Complicated

I really enjoyed reading this book - ML got the characters so perfect, Thanos was definitely very believably awful. And the twist was not something I was expecting but it was wonderful, and made absolutely perfect sense.