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She's Always Hungry by Eliza Clark

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

She's Always Hungry is fucking great. I'd happily read a full novel based on any of these, especially the folk horror of the title story or the possibly USSR/possibly 1984-esque dystopia of Party Man.

Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Rape, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Abortion

The Invisible Doctrine by Peter Hutchinson, George Monbiot

challenging informative inspiring sad fast-paced

5.0

Liars by Sarah Manguso

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I have never been so angry while reading a novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Infidelity, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness

A Sunny Place for Shady People by Mariana Enríquez

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Sugar by Mia Ballard
Did not finish book. Stopped at 24%.

I had to nope out when she described a 5 year old as "childlike". That's not childlike. That's a child.

This Is My Body, Given for You by Heather Parry

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Kidnapping

White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

3.5

Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us by Anna Bogutskaya

dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

The Backbone of the World by Stephen Graham Jones

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.75