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The Last Song of Penelope by Claire North

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Fortunately, the Milk... by Neil Gaiman

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Violence

House of Odysseus by Claire North

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Racism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Abandonment

Tesladyne Industries Field Guide by Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.25

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

Down With Skool! by Geoffrey Willans, Ronald Searle

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

I got a few laughs out of it, but having been born a generation or two later in a far distant country, a lot of the specific things being lampooned don't resonate with me the way they would with someone who'd lived through this kind of schooling and didn't only know it from reading other old books. I'm also a lot more aware of the casual racism, gender policing, bullying, and the violence against children by adult authority figures.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Colonisation, and War

Ithaca by Claire North

adventurous challenging 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Grief, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Medical content, and Grief

Minor: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Ribbon Dance by Sharon Lee, Steve Miller

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Xenophobia, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

An Author Bites the Dust by Arthur Upfield

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail