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20 reviews

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • 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

Copper Sun by Sharon M. Draper

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challenging dark informative 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? It's complicated

4.5

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

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

5.0

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Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

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challenging dark 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? Yes

2.75

I would’ve loved this book if the main character wasn’t insufferable. Everything he did made me sick, he was a hypocrite and literally disgusting. The ending felt so strange and made me so mad I’m glad it ended there or else I would’ve had to drop it. 
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca

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challenging dark fast-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

3.75

I normally don’t write reviews but I read this in one day. One sitting. As someone who’s been so vulnerable the way Agnes was I can see a past version of myself falling like her. I didn’t except the book to leave me feeling as dark and sick as it did. 
Terrifying and amazing, i feel like throwing up still. 
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Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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

3.0

I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

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

5.0

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

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

3.25

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

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dark medium-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

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

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

5.0