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The Forward Book of Poetry 2025 by Various Poets

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.0

decent collection

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Mira Grant somehow manages to both overexplain/repeat herself and write a book that reads like it's expecting to be turned into a script for a low budget horror series. She seems to not trust her own writing, or her reader. 

Zardoz: 50th Anniversary Edition by John Boorman, Bill Stair

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

Rewild Yourself: 23 Spellbinding Ways To Make Nature More Visible by Simon Barnes

adventurous inspiring reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.0

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Ghost Story by Kate Summerscale

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Silver Bullets: Classic Werewolf Stories by

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

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

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

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

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