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Knot My Type by Evie Mitchell

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emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

as someone who also has severe anxiety and regularly leans on my own spouse for encouragement/help when I don't know what to do or how to navigate a situation, I super related to Eve as a character. this is all just such a good extended version of one of my old fave NoSleep stories.

its weird, a bit violent, amd spooky af. there's no concrete answer to most anything, so if ambiguous stories aren't your thing, this one may not vibe. still highly recommend if it sounds interesting! Definitely excited to see where Kliewer goes in the future with his book career!

cw: homophobia, depictions of mental illness (including anxiety and paranoia), gaslighting, death (child and otherwise, not all on page), blood, casual ableism

Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

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dark medium-paced

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

4.5

a tiny bit heavy handed with its messaging, but oh is it entertaining & amazing. I had the best time.

cw: child death, violence, body horror, gore, sexual content, abuse. mentions of homo/transphobia, racism, classism, gaslighting. off-page animal death & disordered eating.

The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky

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slow-paced

2.5

just not quite for me. started strong and I was invested, but then i found myself just tuning out more & more as the book went on. lost interest in basically anything and everything that wasn't actively following mal, lee, or khan.

could be for someone else, but it drags a bit too much for me personally.

Night of the Living Cat Vol. 5 by Hawkman

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4.0

Cult of the Lamb Vol. 1: The First Verse by Alex Paknadel

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dark fast-paced

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

5.0

Redshirts by John Scalzi

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adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.5

CW: casual ableism, death, medical trauma, injury detail, blood, violence

I can see why someone might not like scalzi's writing, I did find the way the dialog written a bit annoying, but overall I adored this. I loved the codas in the end after the main story so we could get a further sense of After & the very end made me cry.

I loved this, and I don't even watch star trek* 😅

*no the book isn't REALLY about star trek, but I did learn that red shirts is a reference to it that I didn't know but its explained well in the story without taking you out of it so it can be enjoyed without knowing anything about ST. like I don't! 🫶🏻

Records of the Hightower Massacre by L. Andrew Cooper

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slow-paced