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Calamity by Constance Fay

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Medical content, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Murder, Sexual content, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Alcohol

Veniss Underground by Jeff VanderMeer
Did not finish book. Stopped at 67%.

Too slow moving and descriptive for me - I could tune out for a long time and not miss any plot development, so I eventually just found myself tuning out entirely. 

Magic by Any Other Name by Alison Levy

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Death, Grief, Trafficking, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

The Future by Naomi Alderman

adventurous dark funny fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical content, Violence, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic, Abandonment, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, and Vomit

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Body shaming, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Abortion

Moderate: Sexual content

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, Child death, Death, Medical content, Murder, and Suicide

Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

All the Fighting Parts by Hannah V. Sawyerr

challenging dark 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Grief, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: War

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Classism, Gun violence, Violence, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

Lobizona by Romina Garber

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Deportation, Abandonment, Confinement, Misogyny, and Sexism

Moderate: Cursing