Listopia > Meagan Houle's votes on the list Fiction With Depth (27 Books)
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Sharp Objects
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"Flynn has a way of exposing the broken bits in all of us. This book is bleak, twisted, and illuminating."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Unit
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"This book explores utilitarian bioethics in a frighteningly logical way."
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rated it 4 stars
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The Minority Report
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Electric Forest
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"This book delves into the gap between beauty and ugliness; between perfection and flawed humanity; between privelige and otherness. "
Meagan
rated it 3 stars
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Before I Die
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"Dying is hard, and sad, and decidedly unromantic. Unlike many stories of this kind, Downham doesn't try to put a Hollywood gloss over cancer."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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The Sealed Letter
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"If you're a woman, you'll probably feel simultaneously conflicted and enlightened. This is how we used to live, and it's surprisingly similar to how we live now."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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The Basic Eight
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"Dense, obscure, and not a little bleak. At the same time, it's absorbing and unnervingly poignant."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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The Center of Everything
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"I can't even describe why this book is special in any useful way. Suffice it to say that it's the best coming-of-age novel I've ever read."
Meagan
rated it 5 stars
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Perfect Reader
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"This book asks hard questions, and, in its way, offers answers."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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Jennifer Government
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"This ultra-capitalist society could well be our future. The plot isn't its main merit; it's the underlying story you should pay attention to."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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The Silver Metal Lover (Silver Metal Lover, #1)
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"This is generally a fluffy novel, but it forces you to rethink your perspective concerning robots."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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Child 44 (Leo Demidov, #1)
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"This is definitely a thriller first and foremost, but insights into communist Russia are plentiful."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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Gone Girl
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"Flynn leads us down the garden path, making us think we know where she's headed. Not so! Also, be prepared for brutal examinations of human nature."
Meagan
rated it 4 stars
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Adam & Eve
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"This is beyond description. Just read it."
Meagan
rated it 3 stars
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
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Anthropology of an American Girl
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The Lonely Polygamist
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Blindness
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Bitter Chocolate
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Still Alice
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White Oleander
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The Cellist of Sarajevo
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Memoirs of a Geisha
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The Condition
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Sister Carrie
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The Green Mile
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The Corrections
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