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380 reviews

How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur

funny informative reflective medium-paced

2/3<3

Teatro 1: La Muerte y La Doncella by Ariel Dorfman

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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? Yes

3/3 <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and War

Minor: Infidelity

The Sentence by Louise Erdrich

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

2/3 <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Police brutality, Cultural appropriation, and Colonisation

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

adventurous emotional funny reflective 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

3/3 <3

Woman Of Labrador by Elizabeth Goudie

emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

2/3 <3

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Racism

Minor: Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu

challenging emotional informative reflective sad 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

3/3 <3

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

adventurous mysterious reflective sad medium-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

1/3<3

Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

3/3<3

Bad Island by Stanley Donwood

dark sad fast-paced

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

Happiness Will Follow by Mike Hawthorne

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Abortion