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You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

have yet to read this book (so excited) but i am adding the content warnings from the author website

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Cannibalism, Abortion, and Pregnancy

YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN is about reproductive abuse, pregnancy as violence, self-destruction, loss of agency, and every nasty feeling I as the author have ever carried with me as an autistic trans man, especially since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022. Content warnings include: Infanticide involving cannibalism Graphic depictions of pregnancy and childbirth as violence and body horror; on-page early stillbirth with subsequent desecration of corpse; on-page botched DIY abortion Narrative focus on suicidality and planning suicide, with no attempt made; similar focus on self-harm, shown on-page Consistently unclear sexual boundaries and consent, up to and including rape, often involving confusion on behalf of the survivor Sexual fantasies/intrusive thoughts involving abuse and bestiality Domestic abuse Graphic violence Weird bug shit, needles, general transphobia and ableism, etc.

Star Wars: Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear by Alexander Freed

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.25

A Theory of Dreaming by Ava Reid
Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

just realized i have no desire to read this book in any capacity. not even interesting enough for a hate read of it. i have better things to do with my time. 

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria

The Anonymous Letters of C Forestier by Felicia Davin

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Notes from a Regicide by Isaac Fellman

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

this book is so harrow nonagesimus coded

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Murder

As Yet Unsent by Tamsyn Muir

5.0

Shakespeare / Sex: Contemporary Readings in Gender and Sexuality by Jennifer Drouin
Did not finish book. Stopped at 11%.

literally only read the transgender part but wanted to mark it because it was something that I read on my own time for fun.

Motheater by Linda H. Codega

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

4.25

literally just a problem with the payoff of some of the concepts that were introduced