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Unexpected Blessings by Barbara Taylor Bradford

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Grief, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

To Be the Best by Barbara Taylor Bradford

challenging emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Cancer, Misogyny, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Incest, Alcohol, Racism, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia

Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Gun violence, and Mental illness

Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Hide and Seek by Sara Shepard

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

Two Truths and a Lie by Sara Shepard

adventurous emotional sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Car accident, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Sexual content

Never Have I Ever by Sara Shepard

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Alcohol and Cursing

The First Lie by Sara Shepard

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

The Lying Game by Sara Shepard

adventurous mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

House Rules by Jodi Picoult

challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Animal Farm by George Orwell

dark reflective medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death