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The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, Blood, and Vomit

Glitterland by Alexis Hall

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Katherine: The Classic Love Story of Medieval England by Anya Seton
Did not finish book. Stopped at 64%.

Hold at library was up and I couldn’t renew :(

My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahon

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Terminal illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Dementia, Car accident, and Death of parent

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Xenophobia, Vomit, Grief, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, and Abortion

The Only One Left by Riley Sager

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Alcohol

All Hallows by Christopher Golden

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Homophobia, Xenophobia, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Blood, and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

challenging emotional informative sad slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, and War

Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Cursing, Gun violence, and Grief

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Medical content, and Death of parent