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The Modern Fairies by Clare Pollard

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Our Winter Monster by Dennis Mahoney

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

The Lover by Marguerite Duras

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Her writing is like good black and white film. Silver and fluttering it shows the death of childhood in its complicated simplicity. Destruction shouldnt feel so effortless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Racism, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada

challenging lighthearted mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

Lore Olympus: Volume Seven by Rachel Smythe

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

Mona by Pola Oloixarac

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

Hiroshima by John Hersey

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective slow-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