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This is much more of a coming of age story with a mystery element. I would not say this is anywhere near a thriller. And the mystery feels almost beside the point, although it drives some of the plot.

That said, the writing is excellent & had I gone into this expecting a coming of age story, I would likely be rating it higher.

Content Warnings

casp801's review against another edition

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2.0

all the best parts of this book were paragraph long secret reveals. the main chara is drab and boring and frankly kind of a bad person, the God like worship of some incredibly normal people felt fake. I'd rather read a book about the BIG REVEAL lmao, or read it from literally anyone else's perspective. I was honestly just hoping it would end

simonmartin's review against another edition

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2.0

how could you write this whole entire book and not realise you didn’t actually write any characters?

hrisreading's review

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emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

queerfatloud's review against another edition

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Got bored. All the characters talked about how interesting they were but I didn’t find that they were actually interesting.

carolyn0613's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked this book - I felt very engaged with the character of Jess and her relationships with her friend Georgia and the older charactersof Lorna and Alec. The story is very mysterious and dramatic with the central idea, I think, of hiding in plain sight. It's not a neat and tidy ending but leaves you wondering (in a good way). Very enjoyable.

thefaketian's review against another edition

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Wasn’t drawn into it, more language than I wanted. Too much sex. Didn’t have any expectations going into it but was just bored of listening.

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