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Revenge of the Sith by Matthew Woodring Stover

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Revenge of the Sith is my favorite Star Wars movie, and I was so excited for this. It was kinda like any Star Wars Legend book though. Lots of action. There was a good amount of character study though, and that's why I wanted to read it. I thought Anakin's dragon metaphor was very interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, War

Moderate: Body horror, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Slavery

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

This was amazing. It was raw and real, and that's what made it so great. This man doesn't have to try to be a writer anymore, because he is one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Police brutality

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Slavery

Minor: Homophobia, Rape, Violence

Joyland by Stephen King

hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This wasn't bad. I did read the first fifty pages a couple months back, and it was a five star prediction, but I'm not mad that it's only a three star. It was a solid story with a nice ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts

My Murder by Katie Williams

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Solid enjoyable read. I loved the sci-fi aspects, and I actually felt worried about the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Pregnancy

The Crow: Special Edition by James O'Barr

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The Crow is one of my favorite movies of all time, but the comic was just good to me. There was more of Shelly and Eric, and I liked that, but the actual story fell a little flat. I'm glad I finally got to read this though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Minor: Self harm

#DRCL Midnight Children, Vol. 2 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

Nope, I don't like this, I'm not finishing the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Did not finish book. Stopped at 29%.

This book gave me the ick so bad. It's not even from the disturbing content, it's just from the god awful slang used.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

I've always heard about this series, and I was scared to start it, but it actually wasn't that bad. All the characters were really interesting, and the story was angsty, but I didn't find it that cringy. I'm interested to see how things go.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Murder

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment

#DRCL midnight children, Vol. 1 by Shin'ichi Sakamoto

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

I'm not sure about this. The art is stunning, and I like the Dracula part, but I'm just a little confused about the directions of the characters. I'm not sure if I'll continue the series or not.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent

Dog Days by Jeff Kinney

funny lighthearted fast-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Animal death