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Roundtable Split Decision

The Lantern Keepers Mara Ostrowski · 3 readers
DEV
YES
4½ of 5
JUNE
NO
2 of 5
TOMASZ
DEPENDS
3½ of 5

DEVSlow for forty pages, then it grabbed my collar and didn't let go.

JUNEEvery sentence is lovely and none of them are necessary.

TOMASZWorth it for the middle section alone. Skip it if you need a plot.

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Cold Harbor Protocol Ellis Grant
4 of 5 WOULD RECOMMEND

A submarine, a leak, and a clock. It does exactly one thing and does it very well. I read it in two sittings and the second one was supposed to be sleep.

D Dev Raman — thrillers, biographies, anything i can finish on a flight

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PRIYA YES · HANNAH YES · DEV YES · JUNE YES · TOMASZ YES
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TOMASZ YES · MARCUS DEPENDS

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D Dev Raman Thrillers, biographies, anything I can finish on a flight. 4 REVIEWS J June Achterberg Literary and translated fiction. Short books, long sentences. 3 REVIEWS T Tomasz Wilk History, nonfiction, the occasional sci-fi. Cares whether a book earns its length. 4 REVIEWS P Priya Nandakumar Romance, fantasy, YA. Wants to feel something by chapter three. 3 REVIEWS M Marcus Bell Business, memoir, big-idea nonfiction. Reads on the train. 2 REVIEWS H Hannah Okafor Sci-fi, horror, fantasy. Abandons books without guilt and says so. 2 REVIEWS S Sam Ferreira Literary fiction and nature writing. 1 REVIEW

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