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Barbarian Alien by Ruby Dixon

funny relaxing fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Medical content

Minor: Animal death

Ice Planet Honeymoon: Vektal and Georgie by Ruby Dixon

relaxing medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Death

Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon

relaxing fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Medical content

Minor: Animal death

And I Darken by Kiersten White

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Islamophobia, Trafficking

Minor: Child death, Death of parent

Kingdom of Souls by Rena Barron

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Medical content

Minor: Rape

We Free the Stars by Hafsah Faizal

adventurous dark funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping

Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse

Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.

I just couldn't get into this book. It had a lot of stops and starts, each time I felt like I was about to get into and be hooked it stopped being interesting and got boring again. 
It was promising but just didn't hit the mark. 

Adulthood Is a Myth by Sarah Andersen

funny slow-paced

1.25

So I didn't really care that much about this book. I've seen many of Sarah Andersen's comics online before but I felt that a lot of the "jokes" and humour fell short. As each comic is an individual narrative this isn't a book that you really should read in one go otherwise it can get very boring and repetitive. Personally I didn't enjoy this book that much. Some of the comics I really liked but a lot of them I felt were much weaker and were just kind of there to fill up this book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia

Wytches, Volume 1 by Scott Snyder, Matt Hollingsworth, Clem Robins, Jock

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Car accident

Rumaysa: A Fairytale by Radiya Hafiza

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping

Minor: Death of parent