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A Manual for How to Love Us by Erin Slaughter

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I found it wildly inconsistent. Some of the stories I devoured and others were a struggle to get through.

The Prelude by Marty Cain

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Thrown in the Throat by Benjamin Garcia

challenging emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

Landscape with Sex and Violence by Lynn Melnick

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

Junkie Wife by Alexis Rhone Fancher

dark funny sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Let Us Believe in the Beginning of the Cold Season: Selected Poems by Forugh Farrokhzad

challenging emotional inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Hotel Oblivion by Cynthia Cruz

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places by John R. Stilgoe

adventurous informative medium-paced

5.0

Spider-Punk: Battle of the Banned by Cody Ziglar

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Sing to It by Amy Hempel

challenging dark funny slow-paced

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

3.75