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funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Angelica is an indie horror writer who has made a satirical online post. Unfortunately this leads to her being stalked and harassed by another author who claims that his book is "better than Stephen King sit" and keeps sending her messages demanding that she read his book. This really is a funny book. I enjoyed every page even when there were typos. It also serves as a good reminder that is best to just ignore and block trolls.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Stalking
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infertility
Minor: Suicide
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Emily is sick of the emotional, verbal, physical abuse from her husband Mark. He belittles any joy she gets that does not involve being a mother to their son Jake. So she sets up a plan to finally be free of him. This story highlights how women in abusive marriages (or any kind of abusive situation) are expected to be quiet and just put up with the abuse for the sake of appearing to be a happy family. The cover of this book is what originally drew me to read this, but the writing is stellar and I will read more ofC.M. Guidroz's stories.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Damon works in reality television and his recent show has had a drop in viewers until someone gets injured. That leads to him and his assistant Mary to come up with a competition show in which people injure themselves for cash prizes. When Damon is determined to get a specific young man named Marty on the show, Mary becomes suspicious about Damon's motives for getting him to compete.
The concept of people putting themselves at risk of injury or death for money isn't new, but as long as there is a system in which some people are put in situations where they're desperate and will do whatever it takes to get "easy" money, stories like this will remain relevant.
Also, this is extreme horror so content warnings are redundant, but there is a lot of gore and torture in this book.
The concept of people putting themselves at risk of injury or death for money isn't new, but as long as there is a system in which some people are put in situations where they're desperate and will do whatever it takes to get "easy" money, stories like this will remain relevant.
Also, this is extreme horror so content warnings are redundant, but there is a lot of gore and torture in this book.
dark
mysterious
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent
Moderate: Child death
challenging
dark
funny
fast-paced
Well, this was as creative, fun, gross, and hilarious as I thought it would be. Sam's actions are sadistic and unhinged. I felt bad for the people he tortures, and yet despite everything he puts his victims through I found myself enjoying spending time with him. He is an extremely unlikeable bi character and I can't wait to see what else he gets up to in the sequel. Also, the random moments in which Sam points out that he's in a book are amusing. :)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a creepy novella about a woman named Dr. Rebecca Carter. For three days, she is visiting a hospital that used to be an asylum to do research on its past and write about it. The patients in the hospital keep bringing up shadow people and a being known as The Shadow Man. She begins to suspect that there is something strange going on in the hospital. I would recommend this to anyone who likes their horror to be atmospheric and unsettling.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Misogyny, Suicide, Medical content