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49 reviews

Grievers by adrienne maree brown

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Walking Practice by Dolki Min

dark funny informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World by Vincent Bevins

dark hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return by Marjane Satrapi

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Our Share of Night: A Novel by Mariana Enríquez, Megan McDowell

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Miscarriage

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

The Beauty of Your Face by Sahar Mustafah

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense 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: Gun violence, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Child abuse

Jackal by Erin E. Adams

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

3.75

Health Communism: A Surplus Manifesto by Beatrice Adler-Bolton, Artie Vierkant

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0