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16 reviews

Blue Period, Vol. 3 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Blue Period, Vol. 2 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

adventurous funny informative medium-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

4.25

Blue Period, Vol. 1 by Tsubasa Yamaguchi

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.25

Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers
Did not finish book. Stopped at 36%.

This book is excellent- it just wasn't for me. The writing was very slow. 

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Police brutality, and Medical content

Diary of an Oxygen Thief by Anonymous

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It would be a great read for someone who has time for it! it was just really slow-paced for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

The Book Jumper by Mechthild Gläser

adventurous lighthearted mysterious relaxing fast-paced

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

2.0

There are a lot of spelling errors due to translation!!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and War

Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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

Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Alcohol

Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and War

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury