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Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Gore, and Homophobia

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

5.0

Goliath by Scott Westerfeld

5.0

Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld

5.0

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Did not finish book. Stopped at 12%.

written unfathomably poorly. how did this even get published? the plot wasn't compelling enough to endure the overly folksy, elementary style.

My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

Very slow paced in the beginning and too quickly paced at the end. I found the ending kind of confusing and an out of left field plot twist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, and Racism

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Incest, Pedophilia, and Rape

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

I didn't like the writing style and none of the characters were compelling.

Universal Harvester by John Darnielle

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Torture

Moderate: Kidnapping, Confinement, Grief, and Trafficking

Minor: Pregnancy

Empire of Wild by Cherie Dimaline

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Religious bigotry, Grief, Cursing, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Stalking, Miscarriage, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Infidelity

Dagger Hill by Devon Taylor

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content and Violence