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172 reviews

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters

slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Racial slurs, Racism, Confinement, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Physical abuse

The BFG by Roald Dahl

Absolutely insufferable in audiobook format. I would not recommend this book to any adult. 

A World Between by Emily Hashimoto

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Outing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death, Alcoholism, Grief, Dementia, and Homophobia

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Blood, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Body horror, Miscarriage, Vomit, War, Confinement, Death of parent, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City by Ellen Potter

Does not compare to the other Olivia Kidneys. Plot relies heavily on weird, made up stuff about indigenous people. Not a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy… quit while you’re ahead after book 2!

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Racism

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Animal death

Isabel of the Whales by Hester Velmans

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

0.5

This book was dumb. Why would whales act like humans? Why would they have such silly names? Lacking detail and proper explanation. 

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit