leocmd17's reviews
51 reviews

The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World by Alan Downs

challenging emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Addiction, Suicide, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Mental illness, Infidelity, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Drug use, Child abuse, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Dysphoria

Swimming in the Dark by Tomasz Jedrowski

emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

I don’t write reviews but this book moved me in a way I never expected it could. A beautiful piece of literature which deserves to be screamed about for centuries to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Moderate: Antisemitism and Sexual content

Bunny by Mona Awad

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Mental illness

A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan

adventurous challenging mysterious tense slow-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

4.75

Remote Sympathy by Catherine Chidgey

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense 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

4.5

The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan

mysterious reflective 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? Yes

2.25

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Doory Story by Fulvio Testa

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Misery by Stephen King

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

dark funny mysterious reflective 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