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128 reviews
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Read this book. I’m speechless.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Racism, Sexual content, and War
The Plague by Albert Camus
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
A painful, strange, and beautiful portrayal of life in the fear of illness that rings especially true in our current day.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness
The Little World of Elves and Fairies by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
mysterious
relaxing
fast-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
3.0
Malice by Keigo Higashino
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
A solid mystery that had me absolutely gripped and lead me to finishing it in a day!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Rape, Suicide, and Car accident
Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide by Richard Dawkins
challenging
informative
medium-paced
3.5
A good and interesting book, but I wonder how someone who’s actually religious would take it - Dawkins seems a bit too intense at the beginning in a way which I think would ward off actual believers from reading or thinking further.
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Leigh, Leigh, Leigh. You think she can’t get any better, and then she somehow does. Sankta Leigh!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, and War
Moderate: Rape and Abandonment
King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Leigh Bardugo simply can’t dissapoint me. This is almost as good as Six of Crows!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism and Violence
Moderate: Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Don’t think. Just pick up this book and read it.
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook -- What Traumatized Children Can Teach Us about Loss, Love, an by Bruce D. Perry, Maia Szalavitz
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Amazingly easy to understand and written to be accessible to anyone regardless of their scientific or psychological knowledge. It manages to be informative dense while maintaining a narrative feel and kept me much more engaged than I expected!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-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
4.0
Jessie Burton is criminally underrated as an author. I loved The Minituiarist and I loved this too!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexism