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74 reviews

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

2.75

Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic friendship

Bird's Nest Soup by Hanna Greally

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, War, Confinement, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Colonisation

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Terminal illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Homophobia

We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Gotham Academy Vol. 3: Yearbook by Brenden Fletcher

funny lighthearted fast-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

3.5

Gotham Academy Vol. 2: Calamity by Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan

funny mysterious fast-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

3.5

Anoka: A Collection of Indigenous Horror by Shane Hawk

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Where I End by Sophie White

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Jesus fucking christ. Mind the warnings. This book is cruel and it goes places I didn't want it to go. I'm not quite sure if Aoileann is just that much of an unreliable narrator or if every single person in this story apart from Rachel are all just that horrible.

Fantastic story, I loved it, it made me want to throw up. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Body horror, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child death, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Excrement, Pregnancy, Rape, and Sexual assault

Gotham Academy Vol. 1: Welcome to Gotham Academy (the New 52) by Brenden Fletcher, Becky Cloonan

adventurous lighthearted 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

3.0