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295 reviews

Kink by R.O. Kwon, Garth Greenwell

adventurous reflective medium-paced

3.75

Trickster Makes This World: Mischief, Myth, and Art by Lewis Hyde

adventurous challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

Mother Hunger: How Adult Daughters Can Understand and Heal from Lost Nurturance, Protection, and Guidance by Kelly McDaniel

challenging reflective medium-paced

3.0

The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, YaHoWha 13, and The Source Family by Electricity Aquarian, Isis Aquarian, Erik Davis

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

The Doloriad by Missouri Williams

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

If I wanted to read this much violent, graphic fatphobia, I’d just read Ottessa Moshfegh. There were parts of this book that I enjoyed and Williams is clearly a tremendously talented writer but the constantly repeated hatred for fat and disabled characters was unbelievably disappointing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, Rape

Moderate: Vomit

Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh

4.0

Miracle Creek by Angie Kim

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75