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Alien - Alien 3: The Lost Screenplay by William Gibson by Pat Cadigan, William Gibson

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

4.5

So, first and foremost, don't go into this thinking it will read like a Gibson novel. It won't. His flavour is still there, how characters talk and act are very similar to his books, but the description and writing isn't. I think Gibson's name got mainly attached to sell the book. He wrote the screenplay, which Pat Cadigan adapted into this novel. This is all her writing, not Gibson's. Once I got that sorted in my head this book was a fun ride and excellent read. 
Psycho by Robert Bloch

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

3.0

Your classic horror novel. I'm glad I read it, but probably won't read it again. 
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

A good rainy day read. It was about halfway through the book when a character revealed some information that I knew how it ended, but still a good read. Not hard, but good for if you need a light read with some mystery in it. Note: there is still really tough subject matter, when I mean light read I mean the writing.
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

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challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was just really sad. Really well written, but really sad.
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder by David Grann

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adventurous slow-paced

3.0

To be honest, this was really hard to read through. It was slow, and there were so many names mentioned that half of the time I had no clue who anyone was. I'm disappointed that this wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be.
Conspirituality: How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Public Health Threat by Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, Julian Walker

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 22%.
This books is meant for people who don't know the parallels that are here or how these groups became even more crazy during the pandemic. If you know the basics, you pretty much know this book as far as I was able to read. 
Cyberpunk City Book One: The Machine Killer by D.L. Young

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.
Just has the "main character" trope (get picked out of my daily life by someone higher class and craziness happens) and I don't need that. Like, it's what people complained about Twilight level of main character trope. 
The Haar by David Sodergren

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

A really good creature feature folk tale. If you enjoyed The VVitch, and The Lighthouse, you will enjoy this book. 
Red X by David Demchuk

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. It's a nice blend of reality and fantasy offering a good horror experience. It'd be interesting to see if this would ever get a sequel or be expanded upon. 
All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

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

3.75

I think if you're intimidated by The Terror and enjoyed the movie The Thing, then you'll like this book. It shares a lot of the same themes as those two stories, but is written for New Adults.

The thing I really didn't like was the jumping back and forth. It rarely announced itself, and made it a bit confusing to read. There would also be parts where it's assumed you know what the characters movements are when it's never stated. For example, someone is grabbing tea and there is a person behind them. Then, that person is suddenly in front of them and the person who was grabbing the tea is now teleported to where they originally were. The 2nd act of the book also gets pretty repetitive and can make for slow reading.