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43 reviews

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I Belong Deeply to Myself by Kate McCall Fatseas, Morgan Watkins

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

It is a poingent retrospect into the universal experiences of girl and womanhood, through the authors personal lens. Dallas Taylor is able to clearly articulate the mysterious, and often contradictory, feelings of growing up and growing as a person. I highly recommend!

The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.75

The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

2.5

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

adventurous hopeful inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0