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44 reviews

The Binding by Bridget Collins

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Animal death

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Murder, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Longbourn by Jo Baker

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Child death, Pedophilia, and Animal death

The Book of Delights: Essays by Ross Gay

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

This book is itself a delight and I’m sure I’m not the first to say that. Friends bought me this book last year in the midst of a very tough and dark winter. To bring a little joy into my life. A little whimsy and it has done just that. It’s not something you read all at once, but once in a while. Once a day or a few a month but it’s lovely every time. 

Ross Gay’s poetry, art, style and self are just so beautiful. I love the way his mind works. It made me notice delights in my own life, and as he remarks at some point, delight encourages delight. 

Miss O'Dell: My Hard Days and Long Nights with the Beatles, the Stones, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and the Women They Loved by Chris O'Dell, Katherine Ketcham

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-paced

4.0

The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A lovely little novella. I really enjoyed this book. It is a re-write of Lightening Tree but stands alone as a good book all on its own. We get to know Bast much better and his character, desires, thoughts etc. Bast is such a fascinating character and it’s great to see how he operates. 

I laughed a lot and bemoaned and was intrigued. So happy to have another Rothfuss book. Even if it wasn’t DOS. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism and Violence

Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Murder

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Incest, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Drug use

Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Car accident, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts