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Monster by Walter Dean Myers

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism

Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Octavia E. Butler

dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage

Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls by Kai Cheng Thom

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

Your Second Life Begins When You Realize You Only Have One by Raphaëlle Giordano

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Colonisation

Blood: The Science, Medicine, and Mythology of Menstruation by Jen Gunter

funny informative slow-paced

5.0

Dr. Jen Gunter is funny! It was such an informative book, that wasn't dumbed-down, but it was made easier to understand. The format was really helpful for navigating the book and different thoughts and questions that could come up in each sections.

The Sacrifice of Darkness by Roxane Gay

emotional fast-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

4.5

Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn

funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston

emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

The Dog Who Dared to Dream by Sun-mi Hwang

emotional sad 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? No

5.0