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A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

5.0

Yall said this was good but I did not expect it to be THIS good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Blood

Moderate: Xenophobia, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Violence, Alcohol, and War

Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner

funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

A very accessible classic that would have been contemporary fantasy at the time! Super fun and surprisingly funny!! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: War

The Hunger of the Gods by John Gwynne

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny sad 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

5.0

Orka supremacy for life. 🥹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Slavery, Torture, and War

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

😳😳😳

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, and Slavery

Minor: Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

Ba-da-ba-ba-ba, I’m loving it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, and Vomit

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Ok I’m done reading a book I love and then immediately reading another by the author, because (unless it’s a series) it always flops. Womp wompppp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

challenging dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Deeply unsettling in all the best ways. If you don’t enjoy unlikeable characters, you will not like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

Godshot by Chelsea Bieker

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

3.0

I liked this one well enough, but it didn’t have anything on Madwoman. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, and Car accident

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

The way this hit me right where it hurts… Sad mom lit fic is the vibe right now. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

I always have a mixed experience with short story collections, but I encountered a lot of new authors that I will definitely read from again in this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, and Religious bigotry