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468 reviews

101 Dungeon Synth Albums You Must Hear... Before You Rot In a Dungeon by Anonymous

informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

I'm featured in this as the 66th best dungeon synth album of all time so I'm thinking five stars

My Purple Scented Novel by Ian McEwan

reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

A strange midway point between M R James Victorian ghost stories and H P Lovecraft's fantasy tinged horror. Four interconnected weird stories set in a future (for then) fascist America. The stories are linked by their protagonists suffering misfortune shortly after reading cursed play The King in Yellow.

Dull Margaret by Dix, Jim Broadbent

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

The Unfamiliar: A Queer Motherhood Memoir by Kirsty Logan

dark funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-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

3.0

What Does Israel Fear from Palestine? by Raja Shehadeh

informative sad fast-paced

5.0

Neonomicon by Antony Johnston, Jacen Burrows, Alan Moore

dark slow-paced

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

0.0

Doctor Who - The Waters of Mars by Phil Ford

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

3.75

The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston

adventurous dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The first part would have made a wonderful novella, full of dread and sadness. Then Colin turns up and it turns into a Guy Ritchie movie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Murder