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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

DID NOT FINISH

Was listening to an audio book version and found the voice boring 
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny inspiring sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The audiobook in particular is really good. It's an entertaining read, makes you think about people and life, in a slightly different way. Really enjoyed this
adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous emotional inspiring 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
dark emotional inspiring reflective 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: Complicated

Assistant to the Villain

Hannah Nicole Maehrer

DID NOT FINISH: 7%

Nicely written book but a bit too silly and leaning too hard into fun romance, which I don't really care for. 

The Magicians

Lev Grossman

DID NOT FINISH: 69%

The main character is so insufferable terrible and selfish, whiny and cowardly. I liked maybe the first 40%, then the storyline dragged in the most boring way. And then all of Quintan's most awful personality traits came to a head as he does something just idiotic and selfish and cruel, and then acts like a baby about it, a big raging dumb baby. I just can't finish it, it got so bad, the perspective is all his whine thoughts, and just... .ugh 

The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women

Kate Moore

DID NOT FINISH: 11%

I've already watched some documentary about it, and I realized I still remember much of the details, and also remembered exactly how crushingly sad it all is, how horrible men were at that time and still are today, to people they think less than them.