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Disability Intimacy by Alice Wong

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Currents by Jeremy Scott

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Not Till We Are Lost by Dennis E. Taylor

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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? No

5.0

Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life by Kate Marshall, Linda Watson-Brown

dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

In a Place of Darkness by Stuart Macbride

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Very twisted! There are lots of shifts in plot and themes that run through the whole book as we slowly get to know the main protagonists and watch their friendship develop in the same way real world relationships develop but with tragedy and crime weaving the realationships together. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Fear the Truth by Sally Rigby

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

2.5

Fallout by Craig Alanson

adventurous challenging dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Traces: The memoir of a forensic scientist and criminal investigator by Patricia Wiltshire

1.0

Breakaway by Craig Alanson

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The Real Silent Witnesses by Wensley Clarkson

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

2.0