masonwe's reviews
23 reviews

Pure Color by Sheila Heti

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective 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

Boy Parts by Eliza Clark

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal death, Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia

A Cigarette Lit Backwards by Tea Hacic-Vlahovic

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Alcohol

Death Valley by Melissa Broder

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

2.25

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Outing, and Alcohol

The Gentrification of the Mind: Witness to a Lost Imagination by Sarah Schulman

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird by Agustina Bazterrica

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.0

I really did not like this I almost dnf’d it

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams Bianco

emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

3.25

Down the Drain by Julia Fox

dark funny inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.75

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25