skullotonin's reviews
5 reviews

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Sexual harassment, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Murder, and Self harm

Brave Face: A Memoir by Shaun David Hutchinson

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Outing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

#murdertrending by Gretchen McNeil

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

lot of twists and turns. would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, War, Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Suicide

it's....... very....... gory............

The Year I Didn't Eat by Samuel Pollen

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this is a truly captivating story, i read it in two sittings! highly recommend if you enjoy psychological horror or deep, well-rounded characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion