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Dying Inside by Pete Wentz, Hannah Klein

emotional funny fast-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

4.5

They should've kissed, anyways, ummm the ending is kinda insane.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Opal by Maggie Stiefvater

adventurous challenging emotional funny inspiring mysterious fast-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

A tight little story with characters you love from The Raven Cycle :) I am very very biased because I have so much affection for Opal and LOVE LOVE LOVE Adam and Ronan 's relationship. I love the beautiful message of creation as a means to staying alive, it hits especially hard as an artist myself.

The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.25

I took my sweet time reading the first half of this book, but then ended up just kinda binging the rest and it was a time. Maggie is incredible at writing heart wrenching, soul squelching prose. 

I have my thoughts on the ending... Yeah, I'll just leave it at that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Minor: Homophobia

Staring Through the Demons by Bexless

adventurous dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 😭🙂🔫🤪💀👹😐🥺😂😆🙂🔫

I Have Been All Things Unholy by Bexless

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Ray is a hairdresser y'all... RAY IS A HAIRDRESSER!!

Anyways, the best writers of our generation are on AO3, argue with the wall

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, and Blood

Baby Reindeer by Richard Gadd

dark emotional sad fast-paced

4.5

Truly still thinking about this play. I think it is a brilliantly told chronicle is a series of horrific events that presents the truth plain and simple, and leaves the assessment to the audience/reader. I just made me more curious to check out the Netflix show, after seeing how it was formatted as a solo show.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

Persona 5, Vol. 5 by Hisato Murasaki

adventurous funny fast-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? Yes

5.0

I'm biased bc of Makoto Nijima

Pool (No Water) by Mark Ravenhill

dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This play is if Saltburn was good and about artists. The theme of "artistic jealousy" is very much in the forefront, but there are so many other elements like capitalism and class struggle that makes this story more relatable to people in general.

Unnatural Acts: Harvard's Secret Court of 1920 by

dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

Read this for play book club :) I was clawing at my notebook especially during the court scenes. A brilliantly structured play based on a real story and absolutely heartbreaking to think about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Minor: Suicide