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120 reviews

Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide by Rupert Holmes

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped Nxivm, the Cult That Bound My Life by Sarah Edmondson

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infertility, Pregnancy

A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson

dark emotional informative 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic

The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman

funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: Eating disorder

Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, War

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Making It So by Patrick Stewart

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Dementia, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic

When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion by Laura E. Anderson

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual violence, Toxic relationship

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Genocide

The Inmate by Freida McFadden

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol

Minor: Stalking, Abortion