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54 reviews

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

dark tense slow-paced

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

0.25

Dedication is forcing yourself through all 260 pages, foolishness or faith is thinking at the end there will be a string that connects all the random story threads and tangents together, but ultimately self care is not going back to reread or doing a deep enough read to try and find those points. 
Any point that may have been made or that the author was trying to make gets lost is the fractured writing style and disjointed side ramblings. Any possible glory lost to the gore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Transphobia, Torture, Body horror, and Racism

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, and Lesbophobia

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

4.5

Ending wrapped up very quickly, could have used about 10 more pages. 

Strange Medicine: A Shocking History of Real Medical Practices Through the Ages by Nathan Belofsky

dark funny informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

5.0

The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

1.5

Not all trans representation is good representation, I’d recommend an actual biography of Lili or Gerda.

Half Sick of Shadows by Laura Sebastian

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

2.0