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Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy
dark
mysterious
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
4.75
A queer, tattoo covered, nun whose into death metal goes all PI and hunts down an arsonist in this great take on the hard boiled noir genre.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Violence
Xenos by Dan Abnett
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
4.5
Ring by Kōji Suzuki
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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Very different from the movie and nearly as perfect. If you like the movie version I think you would enjoy the source material.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Rape, Transphobia, and Violence
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
An almost Kafkaesque expose of the Asian American experience (and you’ll figure out why I use strike through there when you read this.
It’s a beautiful exploration of what it means to feel like “the other” - while remaining specific to the authors lived experiences but also being broad and open enough to speak to everyone.
Genuinely a beautiful, wonderful book that only made me cry a tiny bit.
It’s a beautiful exploration of what it means to feel like “the other” - while remaining specific to the authors lived experiences but also being broad and open enough to speak to everyone.
Genuinely a beautiful, wonderful book that only made me cry a tiny bit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Minor: Violence
Hellboy, Vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola
dark
funny
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? Yes
4.5
Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others by Mike Mignola
dark
funny
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? It's complicated
4.25
Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil by Mike Mignola
adventurous
dark
funny
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? Yes
4.75
Seed of Destruction by John Byrne, Mike Mignola
adventurous
dark
funny
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? Yes
3.75
Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
tense
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? Yes
4.75
Brom absolutely nailed it. I loved the characters in this book, even the gross horrible folks who I loved to hate.
It is brutally honest about how women were treated in the era, and that gets very dark, but there’s an undercurrent of hope in this book that stops it from ever getting too bleak.
Genuinely wonderful from beginning to end.
It is brutally honest about how women were treated in the era, and that gets very dark, but there’s an undercurrent of hope in this book that stops it from ever getting too bleak.
Genuinely wonderful from beginning to end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
For fans of grimdark fantasy like Game of Thrones.
Dark but never so dark that it felt overbearing. There were some fun twists and turns in the plot that kept it from being samey.
Dark but never so dark that it felt overbearing. There were some fun twists and turns in the plot that kept it from being samey.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Rape, and War