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The Safe Place by Anna Downes
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
extremely predictable but oddly entertaining
▷ Representation: Emily (mc) & Scott (mc) both have undiagnosed mental health issues.
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▷ Representation: Emily (mc) & Scott (mc) both have undiagnosed mental health issues.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm
Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
➸ Trigger warnings for foster care experiences mentioned, child abuse (one slap scene, faking a child's chronic illness, forcing them to live in isolation, etc.) discussions of childhood trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD), parent with dementia, panic attacks, self-harm (on-page), suicide by jumping (on-page), alcohol consumption and abuse, implied drug abuse, grief & loss, death of a daughter recounted, minor blood and injury depiction, emesis, attempted murder by gun violence, kidnapping and captivity of a child, stalking, and financial difficulties discussed.
Ledge: The Glacian Trilogy, Book I by Stacey McEwan
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
this was genuinely terrible but i had a lot of fun. just don't ask me to explain the world-building because it was paper thin
▷ Representation: Ryon (mc) is brown; Esra (sc) is nonbinary & uses he/him pronouns; minor f/f side couple.
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▷ Representation: Ryon (mc) is brown; Esra (sc) is nonbinary & uses he/him pronouns; minor f/f side couple.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Death of parent, Sexual harassment
➸ Trigger warnings for slavery, attempted rape, sexual harassment, blood and gore depiction including mentions of mutilation, decapitation, death of a grandmother recounted, death of a mother from suicide, multiple deaths from falling off a cliff or from a great height, imprisonment, murder, axe, sword and dagger violence, disappearance and presumed death of a child/sister, loss of autonomy (magical), mass death/massacres mentioned, poverty and food scarcity.
Illegal by Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
this was devastatingly good. i definitely cried at least once 😭
▷ Representation: Ebo (mc) & his brother Kwame (sc) is Ghanaian; African & Black cast.
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▷ Representation: Ebo (mc) & his brother Kwame (sc) is Ghanaian; African & Black cast.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Miscarriage
➸ Trigger warnings for starvation, extreme dehydration, and food/water scarcity discussed, miscarriage mentioned (author's note), physical illness and injury, death of brother from drowning (on-page), murder by gun violence (on-page), disappearance of a sibling mentioned, drowning & near-drowning (on-page), mass death from drowning due to a boating accident (on-page), child homelessness and extreme poverty (on-page), and the refugee crisis (theme).
Hex by Jenni Fagan
challenging
dark
emotional
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? No
3.0
a little too ~fabulist~ for me but the writing was stunning
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture
Moderate: Body horror, Self harm, Violence
➸ Trigger warnings for graphic misogyny & persecution for 'witchcraft' (theme), gang rape of a teenage girl and child recounted, sexual harassment discussed, panic attack (on-page), self-harm mentioned, minor body horror, hanging of a minor (on-page), torture recounted, and false imprisonment in poor conditions.
Deep Freeze by Michael C. Grumley
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder
Minor: War
➸ Trigger warnings for blood, gore and injury depiction including mentions of dead bodies, seizures and gunshot wounds, involuntary medical experimentation and procedures (theme), death of a friend and colleague (off-page), murder and attempted murder, gun violence, discussions of being frozen to death, military service and deployment recounted, animal cruelty and experimentation (off-page), animal death (mice, rabbits, dog, chimpanzee; on- & off-page).
The Letterbox Tree by Kate Gordon, Rebecca Lim
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
this started as a sweet story about the power of community and friendship, especially in times of crisis, but the sheer ridiculousness of the plot took me out of it.
you're telling me a) a principal allowed a child to make a speech at assembly without running it past anyone first, and b) the council waived their nonsense bureaucracies to make a shelter because a little girl talked to someone from the future (but didn't have to, you know, prove it to the adults). sure, jan.
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you're telling me a) a principal allowed a child to make a speech at assembly without running it past anyone first, and b) the council waived their nonsense bureaucracies to make a shelter because a little girl talked to someone from the future (but didn't have to, you know, prove it to the adults). sure, jan.
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Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Death
Minor: Death of parent
➸ Trigger warnings for death of a mother mentioned, bushfire (on-page), poverty & food scarcity, and bullying.
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert
adventurous
funny
hopeful
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, War, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Gore
➸ Trigger warnings for a guardian with dementia/memory loss, disappearance of a guardian, minor gore & injury depiction including dead bodies and loss of a limb (cad's head fin), sword violence, battle scene, and animal attack (crab).
Traveling with Gentlemen by Kathryn Moon
hopeful
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
lovely domestic fluff 💛
▷ Representation: Amon is Egyptian; Jonathan & Auguste are achillean/mga; polyamorous cast.
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▷ Representation: Amon is Egyptian; Jonathan & Auguste are achillean/mga; polyamorous cast.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Body horror, Torture, Blood, Alcohol
Minor: Racism
➸ Trigger warnings for period-typical racism mentioned, alcohol consumption, consensual blood-drinking, body horror, torture mentioned, and building collapse.
When You Wish Upon a Duke by Charis Michaels
adventurous
funny
hopeful
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
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Classism
Moderate: Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Violence, Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault
➸ Trigger warnings for period-typical misogyny, classism, and slut-shaming (as well as discussions of the era's stigma of being born out of wedlock), attempted sexual assault recounted, parental abandonment & neglect recounted, parental infidelity discussed, alcohol consumption, drugging, miscarriage/pregnancy loss recounted, emesis, minor grief and loss, death of a father and brothers mentioned, kidnapping and captivity, and physical assault.
Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
▷ Representation: Japanese cast & setting; mc with a speech impediment.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Gore, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Blood, Alcohol, War, Classism
Minor: Animal cruelty, Rape
➸ Trigger warnings for period-typical misogyny and classism, graphic period-typical ableism, rape mentioned, smoking, alcohol consumption & abuse, a secondary character with alcoholism, blood and gore depiction including dead bodies, a secondary character with chronic rheumatism, death of a friend from illness recounted, femicide by strangulation (multiple, off-page), gun violence, active military duty & war themes recounted including the accidental detonation of underwater mines (on-page), and animal abuse (off-page).
Context: A secondary character is imprisoned in his room (literally in a cage) because he is a 'madman'/'lunatic'. A secondary character mentions he enjoys raping women. Mentions of a secondary character's pet cat being suspended from the ceiling by a rope but is uninjured.