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Scorch Atlas

Blake Butler

DID NOT FINISH: 91%
dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
informative fast-paced

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
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Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Rains Came

Louis Bromfield

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

The author stated calling an Indian baby a “dark monkey” over and over
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It's formatting isn't perfect because its formatted for reddit, but it's only noticable in the narration itself. many of the stories repeat facts that were mentioned in other stories.

I'm likely bias because I grew up with TheNoSleep Podcast and this is just the "stalker episode book" from the first season, but I genuinely think this is good micro-horror (even if it is twelve years old).

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Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Fifty Year Sword

Mark Z. Danielewski

DID NOT FINISH: 86%
adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

If you’re looking for a quick read, this is the book for you. I was able to finish it it one day.

A lot of people have described this book as a “kid-friendly House of Leaves,” but it’s more of its own thing, and less of a horror novel. It’s like something you would hear on a horror podcast with the laugh from Thriller by Michael Jackson at the end of it.

But it’s definitely got that MZD touch that House of Leaves has.

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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No