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229 reviews

In the Kitchen: Essays on Food and Life by

emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective slow-paced

3.5

Beartown by Fredrik Backman
Did not finish book.

So slow, so dull

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

In A Good Light by Clare Chambers

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read (and Your Children Will Be Glad That You Did) by Philippa Perry

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Car accident, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, War, Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

What A Shame by Abigail Bergstrom

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcoholism, and Self harm

The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves by Siri Hustvedt

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.75