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42 reviews

Frankenstein - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley [Penguin Popular Classics] by Mary Shelley

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Victor Frankenstein is a bitch

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

Inferno by Dante Alighieri

adventurous challenging fast-paced

2.0

Rather boring 

A Fig for All the Devils by C.S. Fritz

adventurous funny reflective 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? Yes

3.5

Starts out as a comedy with rather child-like horror aspects but gets more serious in tone and ends in a pretty solid note on grief and death.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Bear by Marian Engel

challenging relaxing 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Alcohol

Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.25

Wish it was even gayer but still a very relaxing read.
Short and interesting but nothing too exciting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Blood

Minor: Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer

adventurous inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

makes me want to do good and experience the world. 
Might change my life!

Finger Bone by Hiroki Takahashi, Takami Nieda

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Body horror, Death, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Terminal illness, Blood, and Cannibalism

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

"God as Daddy the Deranged" 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0