falltumn's reviews
29 reviews

The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill

mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking and Racism

Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

The Art of Drag by Jake Hall

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Revelator by Daryl Gregory

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

All the Lovers in the Night by Mieko Kawakami

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcoholism, and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy, Fatphobia, and Car accident

Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Racism

Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Biphobia, Terminal illness, and Alcohol

Marriage Be Hard: 12 Conversations to Keep You Laughing, Loving, and Learning with Your Partner by Kevin Fredericks, Melissa Fredericks

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Antisemitism, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Misogyny and Medical content

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Nevada by Imogen Binnie

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Misogyny, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Alcohol

Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

objectively not a bad book! just too heavy for me to really enjoy. HEAVILY encourage looking into the warnings before reading, it loads a lot at the beginning but it's still prevalent throughout the whole book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

Lone Stars by Justin Deabler

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Homophobia, Racism, Cancer, and Hate crime

Moderate: Misogyny and Addiction

Minor: Pregnancy