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2186 reviews

The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping by Samantha Harvey

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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

3.0

Forest of Noise: Poems by Mosab Abu Toha

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Signal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Did not finish book.

The main character was way too grating on my nerves, both past and present.

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Landscapes by Christine Lai

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexism, and Violence

Breathing Machine: A Memoir of Computers by Leigh Alexander

challenging funny informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

Our Dining Table by Mita Ori

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

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

5.0