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Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare

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

5.0

I love being emotionally dependent on two of cc's works, not just one 😍
Loveless by Alice Oseman

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

1.5

I am astounded by how bad this book was. I’m ace and possibly aro as well, so I was definitely looking forward to a book centred around my orientations, and in some ways, Loveless was just that. Being this ownvoices, there were some parts that did resonate with me and brought a smile to my face and made me happy I wasn’t the only one feeling like that. But representation can only get you so far. 

For once, the writing was too simple, which made the book boring. There were too many descriptions of clothes and too little effort put on actually telling how the characters looked like. The characters, by the way, were supremely unlikeable. Especially Georgia. 

So, in conclusion, this book was awful and I hope Oseman sticks to making comics, because novels really aren’t her forte. 
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 4%.
Putting this book on hold for now because my edition of it is very damaged 
Ms Ice Sandwich by Mieko Kawakami

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

1.5

Maybe Japanese literature isn't for me and that's fine 
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

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

1.5

This was weird, and if Keiko had started working as a broker or something she'd be filthy rich 
Immortal Longings by Chloe Gong

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

4.5

That ending shook me to the bone and now I need book two asap