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33 reviews

The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Violence

Dead Girls and Other Stories by Emily Geminder

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

The first two stories were really special, but I lost touch with the writing moving forward. There were some really beautiful worded lines scattered about that I took note of. Edie would be my favorite of this collection. I thought I’d connect more with the final story Dead Girls but it didn’t hit affect me in the way I thought it would, even if some of the scenarios were relatable.

Pines by Blake Crouch

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: War, Torture, and Murder

Minor: Islamophobia

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Chronic illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Death

Unworthy: How to Stop Hating Yourself by Anneli Rufus

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Reminds me why sci-fi is one of the coolest genres and how much I loved reading it when I was younger.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Sexual content

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Pedophilia

I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

5.0

I’m giving Rachel FIVE STARS so that she knows I like her and related very deeply to her book.

If you’ve ever felt “not normal” this one’s for you. We’re a weird found family now.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Sexual content

Daily Afflictions: The Agony of Being Connected to Everything in the Universe by Andrew Boyd

dark funny reflective fast-paced

4.0

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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

3.75

Really charming characters, and relatable scenarios. Perfect asexual/demisexual representation. Loved it!