theidlereader's Reviews (355)

When He Was Wicked

Julia Quinn

4.25

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Spy x Family, Vol. 11

Tatsuya Endo

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Car accident

Unnamed Memory, Vol. 1 (manga)

Kuji Furumiya, Naoki Koshimizu

3.75

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

To Sir Phillip, with Love: Bridgerton

Julia Quinn

4.0

emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

House of Slaughter, Vol. 1: The Butcher's Mark

Tate Brombal, James Tynion IV

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Me You Love In The Dark

Skottie Young

3.25

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol

Minor: Sexual content

Basilisk Vol. 1

Cullen Bunn, Jonas Scharf

4.25

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Car accident

Long Chills and Case Dough

Brandon Sanderson

4.0

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This follows your typical noir story set up but set in the almost sci-fi future. It's a quick read with a fun plot and interesting characters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

The Nice House on the Lake Vol. 1

James Tynion IV

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood, Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Dysphoria

Heir Apparent

Vivian Vande Velde

3.5

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Classism