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A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett
challenging
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-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
5.0
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
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
4.5
I loved this book, despite it being far outside my usual wheelhouse. It was gripping, I wanted to read it all in one day once I got about halfway, but it’s obviously too long to do that. The writing is quite beautiful, the description passages lyrical. The banter between the main characters is funny. The only thing I wasn’t sure about was the ending… it’ll take a while to process.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Suicide
We Have Never Lived on Earth by Kasia Van Schaik
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
What a fascinating book! Sweeping and engrossing, I was immediately sucked into the characters and how real they all felt. Around the halfway point, things started to escalate into surrealism, and I understood less of what was happening but I loved it just the same. There are so many beautiful lines in this book, paragraphs I read aloud to my friends just for the sake of hearing them spoken, I couldn’t even pick a favourite.
Greyhowler by Sarah Day
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death