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71 reviews

The Testaments by Margaret Atwood

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide attempt

The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic by Mike Duncan

informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Colonisation, Suicide, and Genocide

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Rape, and Slavery

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Medical content and War

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent

Minor: Terminal illness and Murder

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content and Suicide attempt

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Medical content

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed

adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and War