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63 reviews

Reino de Ladrones by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Torture, Trafficking, and Pregnancy

The Big Meat by Carlton Mellick III

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? No

2.0

Interesting concept, poor execution.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement and Grief

Seis de Cuervos by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

El Circo de la Rosa by Carmen Ocaña, Diana Gutiérrez, Betsy Cornwell

hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Anne sin filtros by Selene M. Pascual, Iria G. Parente

emotional funny lighthearted 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? No

4.25

The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner

informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Murder, Abandonment, and War

La Maldición del Titán by Rick Riordan

adventurous emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

Little Lost Angel by Michael Quinlan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

The author added numerous lesbophobic comments just in the first two chapters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

Small Beauty by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang

emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Deadnaming, Hate crime, Transphobia, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racism and Abandonment