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19 reviews

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Death of parent

Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Body horror

Down the Drain by Julia Fox

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Abortion

It by Stephen King

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

The Premonition by Banana Yoshimoto

emotional mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Cannibalism, and Abortion

The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide

emotional reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

The Vegetarian by Han Kang

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse