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644 reviews

Mosquito Empires by J. R. McNeill

challenging slow-paced

3.0

Animal Revolution by Eugene Thacker, Eugene Thacker, Marina Zurkow, Marina Zurkow, Ron Broglio, Ron Broglio

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

The Nature of the Beasts, Volume 27: Empire and Exhibition at the Tokyo Imperial Zoo by Ian Jared Miller

challenging medium-paced

3.5

Sword of Kings by Bernard Cornwell

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Jade City by Fonda Lee

adventurous tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The Mortal Sea: fishing the Atlantic in the Age of Sail by W. Jeffrey Bolster

3.0

The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'the Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

The Circus Train by Amita Parikh

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

War of the Wolf by Bernard Cornwell

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5