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31 reviews

Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

hopeful reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

dark sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Stoner by John Williams

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

4.5

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The goriest book I’ve ever read, hard to put down, the prose is chaotic and deeply unsettling and unexpectedly funny- very very good novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Cannibalism, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

challenging informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails by Sarah Bakewell

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

The Guest: A Novel by Emma Cline

tense fast-paced

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

3.0

The Inseparables: The Newly Discovered Novel from Simone de Beauvoir by Simone de Beauvoir

emotional reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0