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The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

This book encourages the reader to approach Dissociative Identity Disorder from a place of such empathy that I am left in awe.

Ward has demonstrated a mastery of the craft here - somehow managing to take the reader by the hand, lead them into the depths of real horror, and gently lead them out again. The light in a tunnel is only at the end, but Ward will get you there safely, if not altogether the same.

Content Warnings

No Fear Shakespeare: Hamlet by William Shakespeare

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 7%.

will pick up later

The Night Eaters: She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu

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adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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? Yes

4.25

Clans of Belari by Peter Blackie

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3.0

The Vineyard by Sami Kivela

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dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A delicious and heady dark fantasy with dynamic art that holds the eye

Content Warnings

Falling Down by Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

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2.5

The book is well written enough, but it’s the equivalent of a chapter - and a short one at that. I wonder why del Toro and Hogan decided to go with this format. Expecting a short story, I felt jarred when the book ended.

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced