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Down the Drain by Julia Fox

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

One of only a few celebrity memoirs I’ll read because of how unhinged and fun her stories and writing style is. I highly recommend pairing the book with the audiobook because the audiobook just amplifies how amazingly chaotic her stories are- it really brings the stories to life. The audiobook is more entertaining than most other podcasts/media to be honest. Despite all the chaotic fun stories, I just think of how many times she mentioned her clammy hand condition lol.
All her friendship breakup stories & friends’ deaths tore my heart apart.

Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Reading this book reminds me a lot of listening to a friend tell a story but the friend goes on a million different tangents and keeps telling a story within a story. But it was enjoyable anyway because Ottessa's writing skill is so engaging and reflective that it can keep your curiosity and attention. But I was anxiously waiting for the peak of the story. I was trudging through the middle of the book to reach the peak.
This book really makes me think of Phoebe Bridgers and Ethel Cain- Ethel’s grimy and moody Americana aesthetic/Phoebe’s grim, sarcastic and blunt attitude in her songs.
There are soo many content warnings but I put some of it 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Death

Minor: Fatphobia

Fatty Legs: A True Story by Christy Jordan-Fenton

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.5

Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

As an Inuk that reconnected with her family & her family’s northern community, reading authentic and relatable contemporary Arctic life were my favorite parts of the book. 

I do not digest poetry and abstract lyrical writing well. Although I couldn’t digest some of the abstract stories and poems well, I enjoyed it. I was addicted to reading it despite not understanding it truly and fully. Tanya Tagaq is a wonderfully unique and beautiful writer. 

The story of the narrator’s children was suspenseful and their story broke me. 
 
Soooo many content warnings that I can’t even list them all so do read with caution

Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Danielle Daniel writes of the holistic relationship between nature and human so well, it’s one of the strongest factors of the book. The plot line and dialgue wasn’t as compelling but still good. The characters’ internal dialgues about their struggles are moving. I was captivated by Jeanne’s increasing suspenseful twists towards the end, and I appreciated both Pierre’s & Marie’s development towards the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide

Carrie by Stephen King

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

Our Voice of Fire: A Story of Survival and Pursuit for Justice by Brandi Morin

challenging dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

3.5

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

emotional mysterious 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

3.25

Definitely overhyped but decent. Kind of skimmed the parts where the author goes into too much fine detail about nature. The plot line and characters are really well written and juicy though.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual harassment

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

dark funny reflective sad medium-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

3.25