by Riley Sager
Books
Flawed characters
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Broader terms: Characterization
A Little Life
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Contemporary fictionTropes:
Bury your gays, Everyone is gay, Found family, Friends to lovers, Priests are pedophiles, Straight with an exception, Tragic backstoryCharacters:
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Information AgePlaces:
New York CityRed, White & Royal Blue
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Celebrity relationships, Coming out, Enemies to lovers, Epistolary, Fake relationship, Long distance relationship, Men loving men, Politics, Secret relationshipCharacters:
Bisexual main character(s), Characters in their 20s, Gay main character(s), Gay side character(s), Latine/Latin American main character(s), RoyaltyTime Periods:
2010-2020Darling Rose Gold
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A taste of their own medicine, Betrayal, Evil matriarch, I'm the real victim here, Loosely based on a true story, Manipulative bastard, Unreliable narratorCharacters:
Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters aged over 50, Characters in their 20sTime Periods:
Information AgePlaces:
United StatesAny Way the Wind Blows
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Coming-of-age fiction, New adult fiction, Relationship/marriage fiction, Urban fantasy, Vampire fictionTropes:
Enemies to lovers, Found family, Gay for you, I'm not into labels, Men loving men, Miscommunication, Prince(ss) and pauper, Unreliable narratorCharacters:
Biracial main character, Black/African diasporic main character(s), Character(s) with depression, Character(s) with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Characters in their late teens, English main character, Gay main character(s), Morally grey main character, New adult main characters, Orphan, White/European diasporic main characterTime Periods:
Information AgePlaces:
LondonGideon the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
Series:
The Locked TombTropes:
Anyone can die, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving womenCharacters:
Characters in their late teens, Cisgender woman main character(s), Lesbian main character(s), Loner, Necromancer, Orphan, Queer side character(s), WarriorTime Periods:
Long-Term FutureHarrow the Ninth
by Tamsyn Muir
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The Locked TombTropes:
Amnesia, Dysfunctional family, Everyone is gay, Found family, God is just a person, Men loving men, Tragic backstory, Unreliable narrator, Women loving womenTime Periods:
Long-Term FutureStrange the Dreamer
by Laini Taylor
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High fantasyTropes:
Characters:
Adult characters, Ageless or immortal characters, Characters aged over 50, Characters in their late teens, Librarian, Magic user, Teen main character(s)Time Periods:
Iron Age (Fantastical)Alice Isn’t Dead
by Joseph Fink