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189 reviews

The Library of Broken Worlds by Alaya Dawn Johnson

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Abandonment, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Slavery

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Abandonment, and Classism

A Desolation Called Peace by Arkady Martine

adventurous challenging hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

An amazing sequel - much more sci-fi (alongside the sci-fi politics of the first book) which I really enjoyed 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Grief, Colonisation, and War

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, and Deportation

Minor: Child death, Incest, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Please Stand By by Emily Rennie

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

An amazing dystopian novel! Really interesting to have one set in the UK, I think it made it  so much more tense and sucked me in as it mentioned places I have not only been to but currently live. The characters are classicly flawed never-asked-or-wanted-to-be main characters in their own ways, and the dynamics are great. Never tire of a queer relationship that doesn't revolve around the "horror" of being queer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

Outlawed by Anna North

adventurous emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Tripwire by Lee Child

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse

No actual adult/minor relationship but recounted desires for it with acknowledgement that it was wrong

A Walk Among the Tombstones by Lawrence Block

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

As good a murder/crime mystery as you can get in my opinion 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Xenophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, and Stalking

Remain Silent by Susie Steiner

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

A bit too focussed on the personal lives of the characters for my liking - personally I prefer the mystery of the crime more than the character stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Incest, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Deportation

A Curious History of Sex by Kate Lister

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A wonderful fairly short text on the history of sex from a western/ UK perspective. Very well referenced with a multitude of links to other texts to expand your knowledge further. Funny and educational. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism