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126 reviews

How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, and Dementia

Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Classism

Falsa Liebre by Fernanda Melchor

dark sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Pregnancy

Kentukis by Samanta Schweblin

dark reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

Maurice by E.M. Forster

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Classism

Moderate: Grief and Outing

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Rape, and Sexual content

Dracula by Bram Stoker

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Carcoma by Layla Martínez

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Cultural appropriation, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

Minor: Murder and War

Papel con sello de agua by Goran Petrović

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Genocide, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Temporada de huracanes by Fernanda Melchor

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Aquí no es Miami by Fernanda Melchor

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Infidelity, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol