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Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe

adventurous challenging funny 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

4.25

Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin

emotional mysterious reflective 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

3.25

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Blood

Minor: Violence, Alcohol

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

3.5

flower crowns & fearsome things by Amanda Lovelace

3.0

the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace

4.5

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

Demon in the Wood Graphic Novel by Leigh Bardugo

dark hopeful fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Bullying, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff

adventurous dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Misogyny, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail