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94 reviews

New Islands: And Other Stories by Maria Luisa Bombal

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Toxic relationship, Medical content

Yumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon Sanderson

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

The Membranes by Chi Ta-wei

emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent

Minor: Gun violence, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt

Paris: A Poem by Hope Mirrlees

challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Alcohol, War

House Made of Dawn by N. Scott Momaday

challenging medium-paced

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

1.75

Disobedient by Elizabeth Fremantle

dark emotional inspiring reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Torture, Blood, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Death of parent

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, War

Moderate: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation

Minor: Animal cruelty, Car accident

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Self harm, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Abandonment

Unreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse Wente

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Police brutality, Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment