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261 reviews

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Tell Me to Stop by Charlotte Byrd

2.5

Tell Me to Go by Charlotte Byrd

2.5

A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman's Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Françoise Frenkel

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deportation, Genocide, Suicide, Antisemitism, War, Religious bigotry, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Blood, Child death, and Death

Circe by Madeline Miller

adventurous emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death, Medical content, and Bullying

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Book of Night by Holly Black

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Grief, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Alcohol, Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Death of parent

If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad medium-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, Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Miscarriage and Sexual assault

The Shadowglass by Rin Chupeco

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Definitely the best of the series

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, War, Violence, Blood, Death, Murder, and Torture

The Order of the Trees by Katy Farber

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Bullying