unabashedlyemma's reviews
50 reviews

Her by Britney King

dark tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body horror, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Medical content

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Medical content

The Project by Courtney Summers

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Cults and religious abuse abound

The Lost Village by Camilla Sten

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

This Thing Between Us by Gus Moreno

challenging dark reflective sad medium-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

4.5

This is truly the most upsetting book I’ve read this year, but I’m glad to have read it. It kept me constantly afraid and left me with a sense of awe. This is a fantastic book. But, mind the trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

The Employees by Olga Ravn

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

This book filled me with existential dread. That being said, the prose is occasionally arresting and I’ll be thinking about it for a long time. Also, the body horror was a bit much for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

The Lying Game by Ruth Ware

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5