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The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
challenging
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Murder
Minor: Kidnapping
Sunburnt Veils by Sara Haghdoosti
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Racism, Islamophobia
Moderate: Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment
Minor: Death, Drug use, Grief, Alcohol
➸ Trigger warnings for Islamophobia (theme), racism, lesbomisia, hate crime, parental abandonment and neglect, disownment, coming out scenes, accidental public outing, alcohol consumption, recreational drug use, hospitalisation, grief and loss depiction, death of a grandmother from a heart attack recounted, physical assault, and hazing.
Context: The protagonist has someone call the police on her for leaving her backpack in a lecture (as a bomb threat). Later, she is filmed having her hijab ripped off from someone completely a hazing dare. She experiences overt racism and Islamophobia at university. She ends up in the hospital as the man physically assaulted her when she tried to get her hijab back. Her father abandoned her and her mother as a child and later disowned her for wearing a hijab. Tara's best friend is disowned by her parents for coming out as a lesbian. She is outed when a photograph of her kissing her girlfriend goes viral.
The Escape Room by Megan Goldin
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence
➸ Trigger warnings for ableism, sexism, classism, sexual assault (off-page, discussed), graphic sexual harassment, infidelity, alcoholism, faked suicide, alcohol & drug abuse, drugging, blood depiction, physical injuries including concussion and stroke, hospitalisation of a parent, grief depiction, death of a father (off-page), death of a friend, murder by electrocution, police violence, gun violence, physical assault, kidnapping & captivity, car accident, and discussions of financial difficulties.
Context: A secondary character is drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple male coworkers while at work. The assault is covered up and not believed when reported. The character is later murdered; she is drugged and placed into her bathtub with her iPad plugged into a dodgy charger. She is presumed to have died from suicide by electrocution. The protagonist grieves her death. The protagonist's father has a chronic heart condition which he dies from later in the novel (off-page). Multiple characters are kidnapped and confined to an elevator for their entire timeline. They physically assaulted one another, resulting in bloody injuries. In the end, two of them murder each other (gunshot, stabbed with mirror shards) and another is shot by the police.
Ogres by Adrian Tchaikovsky
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
My Journey To The World Cup by Sam Kerr
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
2.0
Read like a newspaper article. No substance.
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
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? No
5.0