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Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Remember, Mr Sharma: A BBC2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick by A.P. Firdaus

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challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Weyward by Emilia Hart

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

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4.5

In Defence of the Act by Effie Black

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challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-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

4.25

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Persephone Made Me Do It by Trista Mateer

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

An account of Monisha’s journeys around India. I found this book absolutely fascinating. I sometimes wanted more details, but then the book would have been huge I suppose. It was a really nice mixture of stories about trains, fellow travellers and cultural sites.

I initially found it a bit twee that she called her fellow traveller Passepartout, but it does become obvious why she doesn’t name him.

First They Killed My Father Movie Tie-In: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung

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4.0

An emotionally difficult read, but also something that I felt that I needed to learn about before visiting Cambodia. Blows my mind that this happened in my lifetime.

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