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Motherthing by Ainslie Hogarth

sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The first 2/3 felt really slow and sluggish for me which took me ages to get through 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Bad Sex: Truth, Pleasure, and an Unfinished Revolution by Nona Willis Aronowitz

challenging emotional funny informative slow-paced

4.0

After Midnight by Irmgard Keun

challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.0

How Civil Wars Start: And How to Stop Them by Barbara F. Walter

emotional informative sad

4.0

The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson

emotional slow-paced

3.0

Wild Woman by Marina Šur Puhlovski

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki

challenging emotional medium-paced

4.0

An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

4.5

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

4.0