amandas_bookshelf's Reviews (887)

Darkly

Marisha Pessl

DID NOT FINISH: 13%

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Not my kind of YA

Messenger

Lois Lowry

3.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Didion and Babitz

Lili Anolik

4.0

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Mary Jane

Jessica Anya Blau

4.0

funny lighthearted reflective fast-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

The Grand Paloma Resort

Cleyvis Natera

5.0

dark emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Genocide, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse

The Giver

Lois Lowry

5.0

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder

Dawn's Wicked Stepsister

Ann M. Martin

3.0

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

A Different Kind of Power

Jacinda Ardern

5.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Mass/school shootings, Pandemic/Epidemic

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Caroline Fraser

DID NOT FINISH: 49%

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Stacey's Mistake

Ann M. Martin

3.0

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced