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133 reviews

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

adventurous emotional mysterious

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

4.0

I'm so glad I went into this blind.

I want to make a backrooms joke, but I don't want to insult the House in its infinite Kindness

The Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

1.5

No Leto, I wouldn't love you if you were a worm. (I NEVER LOVED YOU)

This certainly was... something. There was maybe one profound sentence every 100 pages but everything else was so strange. There was so much odd, sexual stuff it was really off-putting.

Nayla having that f*cking orgasm out of nowhere because she watched Duncan climb?The Fishspeakers in general?!

 
Everything that was more subtle in previous installments is now *jumping* into my face. 

And I swear, if Letos non-existent genitalia would have gotten mentioned *one* more time, I would have thrown that book away.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Body horror

The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.5

This was so directionless.
Smut was so frequent, but badly written and outweighed the plot I couldn't bring myself to care for. So I cared for neither. Didn't feel the chemistry between the two leads, which made the whole insta love thing very unbelievable.

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Self harm

A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab

adventurous emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

Ancillary Mercy by Ann Leckie

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75