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33 reviews

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Classism, Xenophobia, Grief, Genocide, Colonisation, Slavery, Police brutality, and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking, Islamophobia, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexism, Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Forced institutionalization

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

challenging informative medium-paced

5.0

Sekret: historie ludzi, którzy odkryli swoje żydowskie pochodzenie by Wydawnictwo Pascal

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Genocide, War, and Xenophobia

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

adventurous dark funny 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

4.25

It’s Gaiman’s first novel and its shows but still very enjoyable and creative. Warning for some very uncomfortable horror descriptions involving animals 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Grief, Mental illness, Alcohol, Sexism, Classism, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Vomit

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Bullying, and Racism

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Racial slurs

Achaja. Tom III by Andrzej Ziemiański

1.0

Achaja. Tom II by Andrzej Ziemiański

1.0

Achaja. Tom I by Andrzej Ziemiański

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Ableism, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Self harm, Rape, Grief, Gaslighting, Deportation, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Excrement, Slavery, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Torture, Violence, Racial slurs, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Sexism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Vomit, War, Sexual content, Misogyny, Homophobia, Gore, Sexual assault, Racism, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, Cursing, Colonisation, Classism, Bullying, and Child abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Adult/minor relationship

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

Revisited it now as an adult and though it’s a moving story with beautiful writing at times, I was thrown off by the amount of fathobia. It’s much in the context of kids being cruel to each other but it was unexpected and went unchallenged. Other than that I really enjoyed it  now and as a child even though it punched me in the gut when I first read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Bullying, Classism, Fatphobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexism, Car accident, Cancer, and Death of parent

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Ableism, Addiction, Forced institutionalization, Incest, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Lightlark by Alex Aster

adventurous slow-paced

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

1.0

Begging people who think this is good fantasy writing to get better standards lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Xenophobia, Blood, Violence, Classism, and Death

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Chronic illness, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual assault, Genocide, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail