jamesdaniel's Reviews (46)

Babel

R.F. Kuang

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Murder, Colonisation, War

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Classism

Minor: Body horror, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical trauma

Earthlings

Sayaka Murata

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Incest

Winter's Orbit

Everina Maxwell

3.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping

A Restless Truth

Freya Marske

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

A Marvellous Light

Freya Marske

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Juno Loves Legs

Karl Geary

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment

Notes on an Execution

Danya Kukafka

4.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Grief

Minor: Stalking

These Violent Delights

Micah Nemerever

3.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

The Shadows

Alex North

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Iain Reid

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix