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156 reviews

The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us about Ourselves by Eric R. Kandel

informative reflective slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Fleetwood Mac on Fleetwood Mac: Interviews and Encounters by Sean Egan

informative slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

A Field Guide to the Jewish People: Who They Are, Where They Come From, What to Feed Them...and Much More. Maybe Too Much More by Adam Mansbach, Dave Barry, Alan Zweibel

funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Antisemitism

Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show by Tommy Tomlinson

funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Violence, and Blood

Minor: Sexual content

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death

Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul: How to Change the World in Quiet Ways by Dorcas Cheng-Tozun

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Police brutality, War, and Classism

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and War

Minor: Drug use, Genocide, and Cannibalism

Knock Knock, Open Wide by Neil Sharpson

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Homophobia, and Lesbophobia

You Can Trust Me by Wendy Heard

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Abandonment