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303 reviews

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

emotional hopeful fast-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? Yes

3.75

Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Vomit, and Colonisation

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, and Sexual harassment

Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson

challenging dark medium-paced

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

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

emotional relaxing fast-paced

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

3.75

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story by Kara Swisher

informative fast-paced

2.75

Enjoyable enough but yikes does she like to insist she “called it” on every major tech development of the last 35 years. I’m sure she did on some of them—there’d be ample evidence of it in her work—but the book at times felt like a ton of self-praise and not as much insider gossip as I was hoping for.

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Fellow Travelers by Thomas Mallon

informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75