rubybeast47's Reviews (175)

Bastard Out of Carolina

Dorothy Allison

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Normal People

Sally Rooney

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria

The Midnight Club

Christopher Pike

3.75

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: No

Ruby

Cynthia Bond

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense 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: No

My Dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is one of the most dark and well written books I’ve read in a while. There are so many lines in here that stand out to me, it’s impossible to pick a favourite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship

Runt

Craig Silvey

4.0

funny hopeful inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.25

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-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

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment