aspiring_reader's Reviews (18)

Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

Flora Rheta Schreiber

DID NOT FINISH: 2%

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Feels weird to read this book knowing it was the imagination of some poor woman desperately trauma bonded to her psychologist and trying to please them

Slash Them All

Antoine Maillard

4.75

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder

The Coffin Dancer

Jeffery Deaver

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

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Main character gets visual evaluations by male characters on par with Patrick Bateman.

Notes on a Nervous Planet

Matt Haig

2.0

hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt

The Bone Collector

Jeffery Deaver

4.25

adventurous dark 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Camp Damascus

Chuck Tingle

2.5

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Torture, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

Postcards from the Edge

Carrie Fisher

3.5

dark funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism

No Longer Human

Osamu Dazai

4.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Abandonment

Moderate: Grief, Toxic friendship

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide