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54 reviews

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

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challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes

5.0

A hard book to rate, can't decide between 4.75 or 5 stars. Reading experience wise it's a 4.75, but the story in itself with all the complexity of human nature, love, politics, all that jazz deserves a full score.
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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Did not finish book.
Not in the mood for it 
All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The Easy Part of Impossible by Sarah Tomp

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adventurous inspiring medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Overall the book is pretty fullfilling(?), it did what it set out to do. The story itself is pretty simple id say so there isn't that much substance to ponder on lol.
Letter from an Unknown Woman by Stefan Zweig

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challenging dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A captivating read
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A very thought provoking book. It really makes you question, is everyone inherently good or bad, is evil caused by external force or internal, is evil ever redeemable, so on and so forth. Also the fact that it is told through the lives of women around him adds a very interesting perspective on how the action of one individual can leads to so many people's despair.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

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emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

The premise of this book is very interesting and captivating. Had a fun time reading it.

i don't mind the fact that it never got explained in the end, it pulls us into the story more and put us into the character's spot, kept on building up hope just for it to not be the resolve. I think the book did what it intended to do
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

A beautiful exploration on deaths and grieves.

so glad she didn't end up with that guy but since i had to endure him for so long, the book got a 0.25 deduction
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

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emotional informative reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

First of all, i came in blind and was definitely not the targeted audience for this book. I would probably enjoy this book way more once i reach my thirties:)) since it's mostly about womanhood. The prose and writing style are quite pleasant and easy to glide through so there are no complaints on that part. However, i wish that this book is at least 100 pages shorter since it can get repetitive over time.
The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

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adventurous challenging mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The fact that a children's book has plot thicker and more extreme than contemporary novels