proceduralbob's Reviews (291)

Rain City Lights

Marissa Harrison

2.0

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicide, Death of parent, Alcohol

Moderate: Biphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

The Cult of We: Wework, Adam Neumann, and the Great Startup Delusion

Eliot Brown, Maureen Farrell

4.0

informative medium-paced

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Jul Maroh

3.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Lesbophobia

Moderate: Terminal illness, Medical content, Outing, Abandonment

Minor: Addiction

Love & Virtue

Diana Reid

3.0

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Black Widow: the True Story of Australia's First Female Serial Killer

Carol Baxter

3.0

informative medium-paced

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

Songs of the Humpback Whale

Jodi Picoult

1.5

medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Sexual assault

The Trauma Cleaner: One Woman's Extraordinary Life in the Business of Death, Decay, and Disaster

Sarah Krasnostein

3.0

informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Transphobia

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

4.0

challenging funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Price of Salt, or Carol

Patricia Highsmith

4.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes