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Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow, this was certainly a book I read! I equally loved and hated this.

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Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

EDWARD, MY SHAYLA 🥹🥹🥹🥹
BOOKA, MY SHAYLA 🥹🥹🥹🥹
ABITHA, MY SHAYLA 🥹🥹🥹🥹

Wow, I love books from this era but this one in particular made me feel so many emotions.
I was SOOOO upset with the village and their attitudes toward Abi because she’s wasn’t a perfect godly woman. And when they turned on Sarah????? UGH.
I also liked the supernatural aspect and how it explored different religions. It was very intriguing.

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The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This WAS quite the read. I’m still a bit squeamish over some of the descriptions of you know… the eyeballs.
But, I really enjoyed it. It was sad, funny, thrilling to read. It was a good ending and I could see it being adapted into a tv series or movie.

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What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

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challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

5.0

This was very hopeful for people who have experienced childhood trauma 🤍

Some lines that stuck out to me:

- “But, you know, it’s okay to have some things you never get over.”

- How much pleasure had I missed because I was too in my head to pay attention?

- it’s clear how much my dissociation has stolen from me.

- Can a mentally ill woman ever be trusted with her own story?

- Because expressing the kindness to yourself that you deserve often reminds you of the kindness you didn’t get.

- Trauma isn’t just the sadness that comes from being beaten, or neglected, or insulted. That’s just one layer of it. Trauma also is mourning the childhood you could have had.

- Instead you have to pull up your bootstraps and solve the painful puzzle of your life by yourself. What other choice do you have? Nobody else is going to solve it for you.

- But the sadness of a lost childhood feels like yearning, impossible desire. It feels like a hollow, insatiable hunger.

- Emotional pain is just as bad at physical pain.

- “The essence of what trauma does to a person is it makes them feel like they don’t deserve love.”

The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

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emotional mysterious sad slow-paced