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183 reviews

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk

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challenging dark funny slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

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dark mysterious sad slow-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

4.0

Beastings by Benjamin Myers

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challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

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challenging dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Gay vampires. Sex. Lust. Music. Gothic. New Orleans. However, i did struggle with the incestuous relationship… 

This should come with a warning that every person in this book is shitty. 

This book is very extreme, but didn’t read like splatterpunk, had great interweaving story telling. 


Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder

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dark funny mysterious 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

Next time I feel broody I shall think about this book. 
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree

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

3.0

The most wholesome book and good palate cleanser 
Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda

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

5.0

I can understand why people wouldn’t gel with this book but I wish I had read this sooner because this was definitely what I had been looking for! 

This was horrific and terrifyingly beautiful! 
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim

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dark reflective 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? Yes

5.0

Serial killer origin story but feminist 🫶🏼