Tag: woman protagonist
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A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas
For some reason I bought the second A Court of Thorns and Roses book after hating the first.
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
Beauty and the Beast meets Saw meets Twilight meets entirely too many em dashes.
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Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Daisy Jones & The Six is a fun, fast read with powerful women characters.
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Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
An emotionally challenging read, worthwhile for readers of any gender.
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The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Easily my favorite book of 2021, The Poisonwood Bible is a decades-spanning epic that I’ll keep for the rest of my life.
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Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison
A very good book that’s hard to put yourself through but so worth reading.
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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
This series has expertly constructed plot, complex characters, and a giant armored bear. And it made me cry at least 3 times.
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The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
The Bell Jar may have saved my life, even if it didn’t save Sylvia Plath’s.
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Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
I didn’t register this book as dystopian fiction when I read it. So many of its ‘dystopian’ qualities reflect aspects of everyday life in a world afflicted by a pandemic and late-stage capitalism.
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