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386 reviews

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

adventurous medium-paced

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

5.0

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This is the darkest shit I’ve ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Slavery, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Cannibalism, Death, Dementia, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Trafficking

The Ferryman by Justin Cronin

adventurous emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Fruiting Bodies: Stories by Kathryn Harlan

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

Close Knit: 15 Patterns and 45 Techniques from Beginner to Advanced from Europe's Coolest Knitter by Lærke Bagger

challenging funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

A Guest in the House by E.M. Carroll

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

The art is gorgeous but I personally just didn’t love the story.

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

challenging mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky

funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Cannibalism, War, Excrement, Gore, and Body horror