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71 reviews

Envelope Poems by Jen Bervin, Emily Dickinson, Marta Werner

lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

5.0

there are those
   who are shallow
     intentionally 
      and     only
      profound
       by
        accident

-Emily Dickinson

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

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? Yes

4.5

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, and Vomit

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, and Lesbophobia

i know a horror book is good when it makes me say "oh my fucking god" out loud while reading it

Far Sector by N.K. Jemisin

adventurous funny mysterious reflective 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? No

4.0

an absolute fucking blast. read the entire thing in one sitting after buying the full trade about a week ago. goegeous art fun characters a fascinating sci fi world and old ass crusty ass 2012 style memes. makes me wanna read N.K. Jemisins other works so so badly and also makes me want moooore far sector. absolutely recommend

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Police brutality

'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal death

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Rape

Minor: Terminal illness, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Rape

Doom Patrol, Vol. 1: Crawling from the Wreckage by Grant Morrison

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

its not a perfect ending, but no ending is perfect. its honest and sad and hopeful. and then it moves on, as all endings must.

Frankenstein by Junji Ito

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25