ymer's reviews
44 reviews

The Barrow Will Send What it May by Margaret Killjoy

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Cancer and Death

Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke

challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racial slurs and Racism

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

adventurous medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexism, Slavery, and Religious bigotry

The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis

adventurous lighthearted 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? Yes

3.5

The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham

adventurous dark tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence

Minor: Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake

adventurous informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, and Incest

Minor: Infidelity, Racism, Vomit, Islamophobia, and Suicide attempt

A Thousand Mornings: Poems by Mary Oliver

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Self harm, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Thirteen Storeys by Jonathan Sims

adventurous dark mysterious 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