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Thank You for Listening by Julia Whelan

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emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend by MJ Wassmer

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

4.25

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

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emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 44%.
Ran out of time on library book and then got distracted by other books.
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Some parts were predictable—the main theme of the book is that rich people (mostly men) tend to be horrible. But there were some unexpected turns that made this more complex:
Bear’s death was accidental rather than a sinister act by his grandfather (my original suspicion); hiding the truth was mostly about protecting the family’s reputation, but also a misguided attempt to protect Alice; my initial love of Delphine as a character was spoiled by the end.
I was pleased by the ending,
with Barbara alive, safe, and self-reliant, and Judyta respecting her autonomy allowing her to remain in hiding.
The Atlas Complex by Olivie Blake

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Library loan expired, and the first 2 chapters didn’t catch my interest enough to be worth giving it space on my holds list again.
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within by Becky Chambers

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emotional hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

The worlds in Becky Chambers’s books are worlds I want to live in, and the people are people I want to know. It’s cozy sci-fi. It’s not devoid of problems, but the people in these books almost entirely want to do good things for the world.