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Tokyo Ever After

Emiko Jean

5.0

adventurous lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Lingus

Mariana Zapata

DID NOT FINISH: 45%

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Redundant story from author and outlandish plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content

Simone Breaks All the Rules

Debbie Rigaud

3.5

adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-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: Yes

Toning The Sweep

Angela Johnson

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Grief

Once Upon a Quinceañera

Monica Gomez-Hira

3.0

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief

Minor: Death of parent

Firekeeper's Daughter

Angeline Boulley

adventurous 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: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Child abuse, Car accident

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination

Toni Morrison

challenging emotional informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism

Chlorine Sky

Mahogany L. Browne

5.0

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship

Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness

Catherine Cho

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism, Violence

Minor: Infertility

The Bad Muslim Discount

Syed M. Masood

4.0

challenging emotional funny reflective tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Torture