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Chlorine by Jade Song

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.0

I love mermaid horror and this took it to another level.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Blood

Moderate: Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia, Vomit, Alcohol

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

I vibed with this while I was reading it but it completely left my head once I put it down. Also you really need to be in a better mental space than I was to read this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Suicide, Abortion

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders

And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

Harrowing depiction of perinatal mood disorders and more specifically postpartum psychosis. Also loved learning more about Indigenous lore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide attempt, Death of parent

Minor: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization

Funny Story by Emily Henry

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

Emily Henry will always be top-tier for me sorryyyyyyyyy

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Abandonment

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Vomit

Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

5.0

I did not consent to feeling the things that this book made me feel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Xenophobia

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, Abandonment

Minor: Animal death, Sexual assault, Death of parent

The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I love this concept, but it could have gone horribly wrong. I’m so glad it didn’t. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Classism

Minor: Racism, Suicide, Colonisation

Severance by Ling Ma

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Yup, works for me! My weird shit era is upon us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Pregnancy

Minor: Drug use, Racism, Death of parent

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad 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

Well, that broke me. 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Police brutality

Minor: Drug use, Pregnancy, Abandonment

When No One is Watching by Alyssa Cole

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Truth really is stranger than fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Slavery

Diavola by Jennifer Marie Thorne

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

Definitely creepy, but didn’t strike the right balance that I like in horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Suicide