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fast-paced
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Reading and listening to it afterwards was the perfect choice.

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Die sonderbare Buchhandlung des Mr. Penumbra

Robin Sloan

DID NOT FINISH: 42%

Schrecklich übersetzt, aber das war ja noch ganz amüsant. Bei der ganzen Seite über Busenphysiksimulationssoftware bin ich dann aber inhaltlich auch ausgestiegen. 
challenging hopeful sad

Less relatable to me personally than I expected (it strongly centers male experiences). I enjoyed reading it to get insights into the time it was written. The illustrations are great, somewhat Dalí-esque. 

Gott, hilf dem Kind

Toni Morrison

DID NOT FINISH: 43%

Too much for me content warning wise

Kleinseitner Geschichten: Abendplaudereien

Jan Neruda

DID NOT FINISH: 50%

Zu langweilig 
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
sad

I feel like the title poem (which I knew the author by) has a very different vibe to almost all other poems in this collection (they are all so sad!). I enjoy her rythmn and rhymes, but I guess sometimes reading more from the writer of one of your favourite poems does not go so well 😂 I feel like many of the poems have a very bleak outlook on love and life, which was not what i was looking for.
hopeful

Starts cute and has strong fable vibes. I did not expect how extra it got, but I liked the magical-ness. Read it in one sitting. I think it has a deeper meaning than what I gathered from my first readthrough, but from how I interpret it now it lost me at the end ideologically. Feels a bit cultish. (and where are those female seagulls!! 😂 They can also fly you know - *feminist fist shaking*)
adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes