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88 reviews
Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.5
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
dark
funny
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Rape, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, and Religious bigotry
Whale: A masterpiece of modern Korean fiction by Cheon Myeong-kwan
2.0
Oh gosh... I liked it enough to finish... But it's messy. Do I like it? Do I hate it? Would I recommend? I wouldn't say don't read it, but also if you can't get into it, it's okay to just put it down.
Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition, Vol. 1 by Charles Soule, Charles Soule
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
5.0
One of the few books/comic series I've actually gone back to re-read. I loved it the first time and got even more out of it the second time!
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
hopeful
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
5.0
I immediately want to reread this book. Namagatsu skillfully creates a deep and complex near-world future with a virus leaking from an ancient burial beneath the melting Siberian ice. Each chapter brings you close to the grief and hope of characters dealing with the pandemic in the immediate aftermath and decades and generations after. A truly epic spec fic novel that points to the cosmos just as much to the human heart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Suicide, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy