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Someone You Can Build a Nest In

John Wiswell

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9/10

How central romantic relationships are to the book.

Little or noneOriginal profileAt the heart of it
3/10

How much physical action, combat, and confrontation drive the book.

QuietOriginal profileAction-packed
5/10

How much the book revolves around questions, secrets, and discovery.

Few secretsOriginal profileFull of questions
10/10

The strength of dread, cruelty, loss, and disturbing atmosphere.

LightOriginal profileVery dark
6/10

The speed and momentum of the reading experience.

ReflectiveOriginal profileRelentless
More ways to mix Worldbuilding, humor, emotion & complexity
5/10

How much attention the book gives its setting, history, and rules.

MinimalOriginal profileDeeply developed
4/10

The prominence of wit, banter, satire, and comedy.

SeriousOriginal profileVery funny
8/10

The emotional weight of relationships, loss, and character choices.

GentleOriginal profilePowerful
5/10

How demanding the prose, structure, systems, and ideas are to follow.

Easy to enterOriginal profileDemanding
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Alchemised

By SenLinYu

Romance at 9/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In; Mystery at 5/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In.

  • Romance 9/10
  • Mystery 5/10
  • Darkness 10/10

What changes: more worldbuilding (8/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 5/10); less humor (2/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 4/10).

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Divine Rivals

By Rebecca Ross

Romance at 9/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In; Mystery at 5/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In.

  • Romance 9/10
  • Mystery 5/10
  • Action 4/10

What changes: a lighter atmosphere (7/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 10/10); more worldbuilding (7/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 5/10).

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A Court of Thorns and Roses

By Sarah J. Maas

Romance at 9/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In; Mystery at 5/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In.

  • Romance 9/10
  • Mystery 5/10
  • Humor 4/10

What changes: more action (6/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 3/10); a lighter atmosphere (7/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 10/10).

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Woman Down

By Colleen Hoover

Romance at 9/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In; Action at 3/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In.

  • Romance 9/10
  • Action 3/10
  • Darkness 10/10

What changes: more mystery (9/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 5/10); less worldbuilding (2/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 5/10).

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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

By V. E. Schwab

Darkness at 10/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In; Emotional intensity at 8/10 matches Someone You Can Build a Nest In.

  • Darkness 10/10
  • Emotional intensity 8/10
  • Action 4/10

What changes: less romance (3/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 9/10); more worldbuilding (7/10; Someone You Can Build a Nest In 5/10).

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