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Silver Bullets: Classic Werewolf Stories by

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adventurous challenging dark emotional fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

decent collection
Eros and Alienation: Capitalism and the Making of Gendered Sexualities by Alan Sears

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

language is very academic - certainly not a read for people new to the theory. I'm not sure I ended up uite agreeding with everything laid out, but it was laid out well and clearly.
The Goddess Chronicle by Natsuo Kirino

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dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.0

Dhalgren by Samuel R. Delany

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adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-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

5.0

INCREDIBLE
And He Shall Appear by Kate van der Borgh

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dark emotional mysterious fast-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

1.0

A book like this lives on its ability to make you understand why the main character would go to such lengths to be in the group/besides the side character. Sadly, this one fails in that attempt by presenting the reader with flat, cliched characters, and is dull as a result.
Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

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dark reflective sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

decent, not as good as the books that inspired it, but decent.
The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur by Max Adams

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adventurous challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

very, very interesting and engagingly written
Troll: A Love Story by Johanna Sinisalo

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adventurous dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

interesting
The Doll: Short Stories by Daphne du Maurier

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challenging dark emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

solid collection