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23 reviews

Night Shift by Stephen King

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

dark emotional hopeful relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, Grief, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Grievers by adrienne maree brown

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense

5.0

Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

The Crane Husband by Kelly Barnhill

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage

dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0