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42 reviews

Keisha the Sket by Jade LB

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

3.75

Penance by Eliza Clark

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

As a tumblr trawler of 2013-2016, this book hit home so hard. I knew girls like this, and now i dont have to imagine what would have happened to them if they took it too far. Great use of media from this decade, im obsessed with clarks use of the darkest parts of the internet that are teenage girls blog posts. Fantastic and fascinating and chilling. Could not put it down. As a person the same age as the characters, f*** me is this accurate!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure: A Graphic Novel by Lewis Hancox

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

5.0

When We Were Sisters by Fatimah Asghar

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-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

Crimson by Niviaq Korneliussen

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

The Nursery by Szilvia Molnar

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Darryl by Jackie Ess

dark emotional funny sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I love this book. For anyone interested in gender identity, middle aged swingers and discovery in later life, this is a fantastic read.

I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Devastating and life changing. Beautiful writing ascending from childlike hope to hollowed out adult. I was enthralled at every page. McCurdy is a fantastic storyteller, dark humour dipped in glitter, grit soaked with hope. 
Relatable in ways i couldn’t describe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol