asafekindofhigh's reviews
7 reviews

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

adventurous dark informative mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Grief

The Circle by Dave Eggers

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Suicide, Body shaming, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Anybody Home? by Michael J. Seidlinger

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Body horror

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book is absolutely my type of book. The themes are fun and quirky while also being dark and grim. There were very few points where I knew what was going to happen next, so I was constantly kept on my toes. I loved the fast pace, though I could’ve kept reading this for hours and hours. Probably my only complaint is that it was too short!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

One to Watch by Kate Stayman-London

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced

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

4.25

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Roxane Gay perfectly encapsulates the struggles of being a fat person in our society, while delving into her past, present, and future. This book will make you cry as you reflect on your own experiences with fatphobia and its impact on the self.

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is one of the most disturbing yet eye-opening books that I have read. In a dystopian world where animal meat is supposedly poisonous for humans, human meat is used as food. The main character, who works at one of these factories, points out the horrors of the meat industry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence