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38 reviews

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

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

emotional hopeful informative reflective slow-paced

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

2.25

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Very interesting, but definitely a book that took me a long time to finish. A much more serious in tone sequel to Gideon the Ninth. Sometimes felt like it needed an editor to step in and ask if a long long section was really REALLY necessary, but Muir is one of the only authors I know who can have a character use every word in the thesaurus in one line and let loose with a meme in the next. Sparks joy ngl

Hm. Hmmmmmm. Either way, still love some disaster lesbians in necro-space!! Might need some recovery time before the next one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and War

Moderate: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

Minor: Terminal illness

Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks by Jason Reynolds

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

With Teeth by Kristen Arnett

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

Kind of feels like a bog-standard bourgeoisie (as in the everyday struggles of the middle class) novel, and not enjoyable to read to boot. There's a half interesting thread of how we see ourselves vs the usually more sympathetic perceptions others have of us, and a mother scared to connect with a son she doesn't understand, but they're buried under

typical cheating drama

and a trodding narration

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Anxious People by Fredrik Backman

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts