Sluggish Reader | Recent Reads 231009: Douglas Stuart, Louise Kennedy, Hernan Diaz @SluggishReader | Uploaded October 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
#booktubeprize 2023 Final round Fiction edition! + my ranking

I focus on books that I have not read prior to this round.

I talked about Demon Copperhead, How High We Go in the Dark, and Foster in this semifinals video: youtu.be/9VvaDy2HOEU

== Books mentioned ==
Trespasses - Louise Kennedy
goodreads.com/book/show/60867683-trespasses

Young Mungo - Douglas Stuart
goodreads.com/book/show/58891551-young-mungo

Trust - Hernan Diaz
goodreads.com/book/show/58210933-trust

Demon Copperhead - Barbara Kingsolver
goodreads.com/book/show/60384451-demon-copperhead

How High We Go in the Dark - Sequoia Nagamatsu
goodreads.com/book/show/57850265-how-high-we-go-in-the-dark

Foster - Claire Keegan
goodreads.com/book/show/61022861-foster

== Content warnings ==
Trespasses: death of loved ones, graphic violence, murder

Young Mungo: sexual assault, alcoholism, murder, graphic physical violence, animal cruelty, parental abandonment, homophobia

Trust: terminal illness, mental illness, sexism

Demon Copperhead: domestic abuse, death, suicide, drug abuse, murder, bullying, homophobia, sexism, racism

How High We Go in the Dark: death of loved ones, terminal diseases, mercy killing

Foster: poverty, child neglect

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