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Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Moderate: Terminal illness

All's Well by Mona Awad
Did not finish book.

Really loved the chronic pain descriptions but too slow-moving for me

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Please give me all the Murderbot detective adventures

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Slavery

Mudflowers by Aley Waterman

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

yeah I loved this book and also hated it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Death, and Pregnancy

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.75

This is definitely up there in fave murderbot books so far. As with most sci-fi, my imagining of most of the scenes is incredibly vague but still loving this series. Though keeping up with all the names and places is starting to get difficult 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gun violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical content, and Death

Minor: Slavery

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Lives of the Saints by Nino Ricci

challenging mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Death, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

adventurous hopeful fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Death