lindasoderlundd's Reviews (154)

Blue Sisters

Coco Mellors

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Grief, Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

1984

George Orwell

2.0

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Slavery, Stalking, Colonisation, War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Sexual content, Excrement, Death of parent, Murder

Sunburn

Chloe Michelle Howarth

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Death of parent

You'd Be Home Now

Kathleen Glasgow

3.0

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Car accident

Moderate: Bullying, Vomit, Grief, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol

How to Kill a Guy in Ten Ways

Eve Kellman

4.0

dark funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Incest, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts

Every Summer After

Carley Fortune

4.0

emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit

Before We Were Innocent

Ella Berman

3.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Sexual content, Trafficking, Abandonment

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

The Silent Patient

Alex Michaelides

1.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury

Icebreaker

Hannah Grace

3.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Violence

Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, Abandonment