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182 reviews

The Love Yourself Challenge: 30 Days to Self-Love by Lita Medinger

informative lighthearted fast-paced

2.0

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Honestly stunning prose

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

The Discovery of Witches by Matthew Hopkins

challenging dark slow-paced

3.0

Obvious nonsense but it honestly makes me glad that back then, some people thought all the witch hunt stuff was nonsense

F#cking Wake Up: A Free Introduction to Wake the F#ck Up by Brett Moran

informative inspiring medium-paced

2.5

Talks a big talk but spends more diagnosing the issue than solving it. Could be due to this being a sample for a full book but still a little irritating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol

Heyoka Baby by James T. Raydel

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

Interesting story conceptually but I fear the concept overshadows the actual story

Introduction to critical criminology by The Open University

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

Decent course

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Double Edge by Thomas Locke

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

Odd little short story but definitely not written for my demographic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Fairytales From Verania by TJ Klune

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

I never realised this was like a spin off from a series so to be introduced to Gary the Unicorn getting frisky with a dragon called Kevin was a curve ball.

The stories are fun, even if I found Gary a bit much? The last one made me ridicuously emotional. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infidelity, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

3 positions against prison #10 by August O'Clairre

challenging informative medium-paced

3.0

Revolution Is More Than a Word: 23 Theses on Anarchism by Alpine Anarchist Productions

informative fast-paced

2.5