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457 reviews

Down the Drain by Julia Fox

dark inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King

fast-paced

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

3.75

Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

dark emotional 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

4.0

Some genuinely frightening and rifting imagery. The ending tore my heart out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia

I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

reflective fast-paced

3.5

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Didn’t want to put this down it was suspenseful!

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix

emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Another wonderful story by Hendrix. This is one of my favorites of his and has emotionally touched me. Some of the funniest scenes were in this book and represented one of story’s central themes that with the darkness there is light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, Medical trauma

Japan's Infamous Unit 731: Firsthand Accounts of Japan's Wartime Human Experimentation Program by Hal Gold

informative fast-paced

3.25

P.S. I Love You More Than Tuna by Sarah Chauncey

emotional fast-paced

5.0

The Running Man by Stephen King

tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

The latter half was really great with a ton of suspense and gruesome imagery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism

Minor: Addiction, Child death