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You Will Get Through This Night by Daniel Howell
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.25
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, and Death
Babel by R.F. Kuang
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
5.0
this book has literally engraved itself into my heart and its never ever leaving. genuinely the best book i've read in months (if not ever)
the relationships are so so so fascinating especially the relationship between griffin and robin the existing as paralells never quite meeting at the right time. twisted mirrors of each other. griffin seeing robin as "all i was/all i couldve been/all i want(ed) to be" and robin seeing griffin as "all i could be/all i might be/all i will be" it is so genuinely fascinating. also the cohort - don't think i can even put it into words tbh.
the relationships are so so so fascinating especially
How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
dark
funny
slow-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? It's complicated
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-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? It's complicated
5.0
this book is one of the creepiest most disgusting repulsively intriguing things i've ever read every page simultaneously wants to make you stop reading and keep reading to see what happens next. its so genuinely fascinating and disturbing i don't think i'll forget it anytime soon
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
one of my favourite books of all time it has everything you could want the writing is amazing the characters are well developed and the relationships are so complex
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
Howl, Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, William Carlos Williams
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence