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76 reviews

Kiki's Delivery Service by Eiko Kadono

5.0

Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.5

Rifqa by Mohammed El-Kurd

challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Dysphoria

Sweet, Young, & Worried by Blythe Baird

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Beautiful writing as always. Very quick read and made me cry more than once ahh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Greater Than the Sum of Our Parts: Feminism, Inter/Nationalism, and Palestine by Nada Elia

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Absolutely a must read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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: Religious bigotry

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Toxic relationship and Toxic friendship

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Tender Points by Amy Berkowitz

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, and Medical trauma

My Neighbor Totoro: The Novel by Tsugiko Kubo

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0