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Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

reflective 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child death and Abortion

Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? by Mumia Abu-Jamal

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Sunhead by Alex Assan

medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

3.75

City of Thieves by David Benioff

slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Aces Wild: A Heist by Amanda DeWitt

medium-paced

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

3.25

Lore Olympus: Volume Five by Rachel Smythe

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

Lore Olympus: Volume Four by Rachel Smythe

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5

Lore Olympus: Volume Three by Rachel Smythe

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

3.5