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182 reviews

The Protected by Claire Zorn

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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

4.0

😞

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

emotional inspiring medium-paced

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

4.25

let's go lesbians let's go

Wanting by Richard Flanagan

challenging emotional hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

ew ew ew john franklin

Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

sisterhood motherfuckers!

Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden

emotional hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

you should've seen how happy i was when the board of trustees meeting went well 

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

challenging medium-paced

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

3.75

i wish it had made me feel more. there was some beautiful prose but the fairytales often served to interrupt the action and the most interesting parts of the plot were told to have happened, not shown.

Blue by Thomas Weatherall

emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

aw 😔

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.0

people need to STOP being mean to this poor girl why did they have to collapse her world 20 pages before the end

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

funny fast-paced

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

4.0

it's going to be sad to watch people butcher it

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

funny fast-paced

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

4.25

wits! incest! mistaken identity!