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54 reviews

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Slavery, Sexism, Alcohol, Abandonment, Misogyny, and War

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Medical trauma, Torture, and Physical abuse

Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

adventurous emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Demelza by Winston Graham
Did not finish book. Stopped at 5%.

I started reading the series bc I had a hangover from the end of the show but got far enough along to cure it. Will probably pick the series back up at some point. 

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.5

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Grief, Transphobia, Abandonment, Death, Incest, and Outing

Moderate: Homophobia, Blood, Hate crime, Violence, Lesbophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A Handful of Earth, a Handful of Sky: The World of Octavia Butler by Lynell George

4.75

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5