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Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell

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emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Unputdownable.
The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster by John O'Connor

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slow-paced

2.0

This book contains more mentions of Trump than it does Bigfoot. My dude, if you wanted to write a book about Trump, perhaps you should have done that?

The 2 stars are solely for the chapter on the ivory-billed woodpecker (also not Bigfoot), which was a really interesting story.
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You Like It Darker by Stephen King

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

3.0

Story ratings:
 
Two Talented Bastids - 3.5 
The Fifth Step - 3 
Willie the Weirdo - 1 
Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream - 4.5 
Finn - 1.5 
On Slide Inn Road - 3 
The Red Screen - 1 
The Turbulence Expert - 2.5 
Laurie - 4 
Rattlesnakes - 2.5 
The Dreamers - 3.5 
The Answer Man - 4 

Averages to 2.83 repeating, but I bumped it up to 3 because Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream was THAT good. 
Leather & Lark by Brynne Weaver

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

3.75

Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell

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

3.75

Palestine by Joe Sacco

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challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.25

I won't deny that there is a lot of good information and important stories directly from Palestinians in this work. However, the author is such a disgusting POS it was uncomfortable to get through. 
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The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo

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dark tense 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? No

3.5

#DRCL Midnight Children, Vol. 1 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

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

3.25

I wish that The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023) would have been like the first chapter. Now THAT would have been a movie!
The Moon That Turns You Back: Poems by Hala Alyan

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emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power

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

4.5

Such an incredibly gorgeous book, I'm not even sure I have words to explain my love for it. 
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