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82 reviews

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

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

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

4.5

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 Becky Cloonan, Brenden Fletcher

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

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

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

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

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Pearse's Patriots: St. Enda's and the Cult of Boyhood by Elaine Sisson

informative fast-paced

4.0