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181 reviews

The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt

Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver by Jill Heinerth

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.75

“The blood cries out from the ground.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O'Farrell

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Blood, Medical content, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

adventurous emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Less traumatic, Little Life- lite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail

Acceptance: A Memoir by Emi Nietfeld

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris

funny reflective medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide

Minor: Vomit