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The Four by Ellie Keel

4 reviews

jordanmvickers's review against another edition

1.0

I wish that I could unread this. 

And content warnings because the author doesn’t give them: rape, sexual assault, self-harm, suicide/suicidal ideation, abuse, bullying, and you could probably put disordered eating under here too...in a book about 17 year olds

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

pageswithamber's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

georgie_rose_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

things I liked:
• the setting was beautiful, High Realms (the school) was so vivid in my mind - I loved the vibes of the first 20%
• audio narration was good - it was read by Ellie’s friend Ell Potter and they have an interesting chat/interview at the end
• lgbt rep
• the ‘four’ characters themselves were fleshed out imo - although some of the other characters were confusing 
• as this is a debut I’m excited to read more Ellie Keel in the future!

things I didn’t:
• it was quite long and lacked direction at times
• it seemed like the author grabbed a thesaurus and threw in big words in for the sake of it where they didn’t make sense and to make it sound ‘academic’ and pretentious
• romantic relationships were so random / out of nowhere and not well explored 
• an ‘event’ (no spoilers) happens about 20% in that is the focus of the rest of the plot. this was not the direction I expected the book to go in and I enjoyed it much less
• it was too much? it’s so sad and lowkey traumatising from then onwards!!

I’m here for the dark academia vibes, but the plot was a little too harrowing once the setting is taken away. 

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please check the trigger warnings - it’s pretty intense

Thanks to Netgalley and Harper Collins for providing me an audiobook ARC

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Outing, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

tbrhannah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

beautifully written, dark, cruel book. i could almost never guess where this was going. a few things didn’t make sense but overall great read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Body horror, Fatphobia, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cancer, Abortion, and Abandonment