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390 reviews

Gay Man Talking by Daniel Harding

challenging funny hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, Colonisation

A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough

challenging hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

Privilege by Guinevere Glasfurd

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Death of parent

March, Women, March: Voices of the Women's Movement by Lucinda Hawksley

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality

Moderate: Sexual violence, Vomit

A Winter's Promise by Christelle Dabos

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Very disappointed in this. So misogynistic/patriarchal, all the characters are horrid and deceptive and treat Ophelia terribly. No world building so nothing makes sense. Overall I’m just confused, bored, and put off. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting

The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold

dark informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Fairy Tales for Fearless Girls by Anita Ganeri

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

Henry VIII: The Heart and the Crown by Alison Weir

emotional informative reflective tense medium-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

4.0

Really detailed - but was very slow for the first half and then very fast. Loved the music throughout and the narrators voice was very calming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Misogyny

Minor: Sexual content