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Content Notes and Warnings Index

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  • Abandonment (6)
  • Accidental outing (3)
  • Assassination attempt (2)
  • Attempted murder (6)
  • Bigotry (34)
    • Ableism (1)
      • Ableist language (0)
      • Internalized ableism (1)
    • Fatphobia (0)
      • Fatphobic language (0)
      • Internalized fatphobia (0)
    • Homophobia (21)
      • Internalized homophobia (7)
      • Period typical homophobia (9)
      • Queerphobic language (1)
      • Systemic homophobia (7)
    • Purposeful outing (2)
    • Racism (16)
      • Internalized racism (4)
      • Period typical racism (5)
      • Racist language (1)
        • Antisemetic language (0)
        • Islamophobic language (0)
      • Systemic racism (6)
      • Xenophobia (6)
    • Religious persecution (1)
    • Sexism (3)
      • Internalized sexism (2)
      • Sexist language (0)
    • Transphobia (1)
      • Deadnaming (0)
      • Internalized transphobia (0)
      • Misgendering (1)
      • Transphobic language (0)
  • Biological warfare (2)
  • Blackmail (3)
  • Blood drinking (4)
  • Body fluids (1)
    • Blood (1)
    • Excrement (0)
    • Urine (0)
    • Vomit (0)
  • Body horror (22)
  • Brain surgery (2)
  • Bullying (2)
    • Past bullying (2)
  • Cancer (2)
  • Cannibalism (0)
  • Child and pregnancy warnings (16)
    • Abortion (0)
    • Child abuse (16)
      • Attempted murder of a child (0)
      • Attempted murder of an infant (0)
      • Child abduction (0)
      • Child marriage (2)
      • Child molestation (0)
      • Child neglect (0)
      • Child trafficking (3)
        • Forced labor (0)
        • Forced prostitution (1)
          • Forced prostitution (past) (1)
      • Emotional abuse of a child (2)
      • Infant molestation (0)
      • Infant neglect (0)
      • Murder of a child (0)
      • Murder of an infant (0)
      • Pedophilia (2)
      • Physical abuse of a child (0)
      • Physical abuse of an infant (0)
      • Sexual abuse of a child (0)
      • Sexual abuse of an infant (0)
    • Child death (2)
    • Child injury (0)
    • Infant death (0)
    • Infant injury (0)
    • Injury during pregnancy (0)
    • Miscarriage (0)
    • Postpartum anxiety (0)
    • Postpartum depression (0)
    • Postpartum psychosis (0)
    • Stillbirth (0)
  • Cults (0)
  • Death of a spouse (past) (2)
  • Disability and mental illness (8)
    • Delusions (0)
    • Disordered eating (4)
      • Eating disorder (2)
      • Food binging (0)
      • Food purging (0)
      • Food restriction (0)
    • Hallucinations (0)
    • Paranoia (0)
    • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (2)
      • Flashbacks (0)
    • Psychosis (0)
    • PTSD (2)
    • Questionable portrayal of disability (0)
    • Questionable portrayal of mental illness (0)
    • Trivialization of disability (0)
    • Trivialization of mental illness (0)
  • Discussion of drug addiction (2)
  • Discussion of drug dealing, drug addiction, drug overdose, and opioid epidemic (0)
  • Discussion of drug trade (2)
  • Drowning (2)
  • Drug overdose (4)
    • Past drug overdose (2)
  • Drug Use (2)
  • Environmental warnings (6)
    • Confinement (2)
    • Conversion therapy (2)
    • Forced assimilation (2)
    • Forced institutionalization (0)
  • Eugenics (4)
  • Extinction event (2)
  • Grief (2)
  • Homicidal ideation (0)
  • Invasion (1)
  • Killing in self defense (2)
  • Main character death (13)
  • Mass death (2)
  • Memory tampering (2)
  • Murder (10)
  • Non-consensual drugging (1)
  • Non-graphic childhood trauma (2)
  • Parasites (4)
  • Past child abuse (2)
  • Phobia triggers (0)
    • Claustrophobia (0)
    • Falling from a great height (0)
    • Needles (0)
    • Snakes (0)
    • Spiders (0)
  • Scurvy (2)
  • Secondary character death (7)
  • Self-inflicted amnesia (2)
  • Sexual content (4)
    • Bestiality (0)
    • Dubious consent (4)
    • Edgeplay/RACK (0)
    • Incest (0)
    • Under-negotiated kink (0)
    • Unexpected sex (0)
  • Slavery (0)
  • Stalking (0)
  • Starvation (0)
  • Substance abuse (0)
    • Addiction (0)
    • Alcoholism (0)
    • Barbiturate abuse (0)
    • Opiate abuse (0)
  • Terminal illness (0)
  • Terrorism (2)
  • Threat of sexual violence (2)
  • Torture (2)
  • Toxic relationships (10)
    • Toxic family relationships (2)
    • Toxic platonic relationships (0)
    • Toxic romantic relationships (8)
  • Trauma (4)
    • Family Murder (past) (2)
    • Medical trauma (0)
  • Violence and Injuries (50)
    • Animal violence (0)
      • Animal abuse (0)
      • Animal cruelty (0)
      • Animal death (0)
      • Animal neglect (0)
      • Mauling (0)
    • Asphyxiation (2)
    • Bludgeoning (1)
      • Beating (1)
      • Crushing (0)
    • Brain injury (2)
    • Domestic abuse (4)
    • Genocide (4)
    • Gore (6)
    • Gun violence (9)
    • Life-threatening injuries (0)
    • Minor injuries (0)
    • Physical torture (0)
    • Physical toxins (7)
      • Acid attacks (0)
      • Infection (0)
      • Poisoning (5)
      • Radiation exposure (2)
      • Radiation poisoning/sickness (0)
    • Police brutality (0)
    • Psychological violence (10)
      • Brainwashing (4)
      • Emotional abuse (0)
      • Gaslighting (0)
      • Munchausen syndrome by proxy (2)
      • Past emotional abuse (2)
    • Self-inflicted violence and injuries (11)
      • Self-harm (4)
      • Self-loathing (4)
      • Suicidal ideation (5)
      • Suicide attempt (2)
      • Suicide completion (4)
    • Serious injuries (0)
    • Sexual violence (11)
      • Disbelief of sexual assault (2)
      • Forced prostitution (2)
      • Human trafficking (2)
      • Rape (3)
      • Sexual assault (6)
      • Sexual harrassment (0)
    • Slashing and piercing (7)
      • Beheading (2)
      • Decapitation (0)
      • Disembowelment (0)
      • Dismemberment (2)
      • Enucleation (0)
      • Skinning (0)
      • Stabbing (1)
      • Surgical lacerations (0)
    • Temperature-related violence and injuries (0)
      • Branding (0)
      • Burning (0)
      • Fire (0)
      • Frostbite (0)
      • Hypothermia (0)
    • Workplace injuries (1)
  • War (0)

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Search Tips

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This is an academic research project on crowdsourced tagging and building a vocabulary for fiction.

How does this work?

  1. Add books to our database, if the book you want to tag isn’t already there. You can import your books from StoryGraph or Goodreads if you want to save time.
  2. Add tags to the books. Your tag set is your own, and you’ll be able to come back and edit it if you want. Other taggers can’t view your tag set or overwrite your tags.
  3. View the book, and use the tags to see what other books share your favorite tropes and characters!
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