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32 reviews

She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Cancer

Bones & All by Camille DeAngelis

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Cannibalism

Minor: Animal death and Alcohol

Attached: The New Science of Finding - and Keeping - Love by Rachel S.F. Heller, Amir Levine

emotional hopeful informative fast-paced

5.0

Mrs. March by Virginia Feito

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness and Rape

Minor: Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder by Salman Rushdie

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Islamophobia, Medical content, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Stalking

The Girl in the Cellar by Aron Beauregard, Matt Shaw

challenging dark fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, and Excrement

The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Pedophilia, Abortion, and Pregnancy

The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Medical content, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Outing

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Excrement, Car accident, and Death of parent