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The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

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adventurous lighthearted 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? No

5.0

Persephone Station by Stina Leicht

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.
you ever pick up a book you are so excited to read and then the first 20 pages are just… so bad and you are so disappointed? yeah. that’s this :(
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh

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challenging emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

The first half was really hard to read  but I’m glad I powered thru for Kyr and Yiso <3
Verse Book 1: The Broken Half by Sam Beck

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adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

5.0

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

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emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

This is all my favourite sci-fi in a book, LOVE LOVE LOVE
Song of Silver, Flame Like Night by Amélie Wen Zhao

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.
I think I’ll like this and may come back to it later but the Elantian magic system is just a mash of Mistborn by Brando Sando metal magic which has put me off since I’m in the middle of that trilogy and it feels weird it to read outside Cosmere atm  
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

5.0

this will be with me for a long time 
The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan

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

2.5

The last quarter of this book is it’s only redeeming quality and may convince me to read the next book but wow the first three quarters are awful
The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

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adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

Translation State by Ann Leckie

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adventurous challenging tense 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

5.0