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58 reviews
How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
fast-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
5.0
My kind of weird. Final twists were predictable in the moment, but it kept up with you—so I’m not going to knock off points for good writing making the reader feel just smart enough. I felt seen. The bad reviews don’t count. I’ve decided they just don’t get it like I do.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Cannibalism and Death of parent
A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship and Kidnapping
Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Grief
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
This book is wild. It’s an earlier Twilight. It tries to be feminist, but it’s. It’s something.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Infidelity
Circe by Madeline Miller
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
dark
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism and Antisemitism
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
I remember this getting progressively better. It had you one step ahead of the main character the whole time, it was interesting. It did something different. Narnia meets true crime meets the Minotaur.