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20 reviews

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

3.5

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

4.75

No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

4.5

Some Ether by Nick Flynn

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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? Yes

4.75

No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Mental illness, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Suicide attempt

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt