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96 reviews

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

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

adventurous challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

Calling for a Blanket Dance by Oscar Hokeah

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Medical content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Minor: Infidelity, Colonisation

One for My Enemy by Olivie Blake

emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Modern Life: Poems by Matthea Harvey

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Suicide, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Boss Cupid by Thom Gunn

dark medium-paced

2.5

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.0

Recomposing Ecopoetics: North American Poetry of the Self-Conscious Anthropocene by Lynn Keller

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Colonisation

Minor: Racism

Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, Colonisation