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37 reviews

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Murder, and War

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Grief, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Police brutality, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Sexism, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Colonisation

Damage by Josephine Hart

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Grief

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

Passing by Nella Larsen

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

The New York Trilogy: City of Glass / Ghosts / The Locked Room by Paul Auster

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Stalking

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Grief, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Death of parent

House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier

adventurous mysterious sad slow-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? It's complicated

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Sexual harassment

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

Dracula by Bram Stoker

slow-paced

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