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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
For the last five years, ever since her abusive father died and the love of her life, Drew, did as well, Ariel has coasted through her life more or less isolated. Living a privileged life, she works at her family's tech company with a trust fund and receives a great deal of support from her mom and uncle as a single mother, which all allows her to pursue her true passion of glassblowing on the side. But when Ariel receives a text from Drew, her life is flipped upside down and everything comes into question. She's forced to take a deep look into the family business, to reassess everything she's been told since she started working there, to rethink just who she can trust. Can Ariel figure out what really happened five years ago? Why Drew disappeared before he passed? Who is watching?
Terrifying concept of a surveillance state, which was why this one was hard to me to hit "pause" on. Some of the twists threw me, but some of the book was so frustrating. On one hand, Ariel has clearly changed in the last five years, growing up and taking on the necessary responsibilities that accompany being a single parent. On the other hand, Ariel hits so many of the marks of your typical privileged main character that I frequently couldn't help but roll my eyes. I also cringed every time she called Drew "soldier" - wish they'd had a better nickname.
Terrifying concept of a surveillance state, which was why this one was hard to me to hit "pause" on. Some of the twists threw me, but some of the book was so frustrating. On one hand, Ariel has clearly changed in the last five years, growing up and taking on the necessary responsibilities that accompany being a single parent. On the other hand, Ariel hits so many of the marks of your typical privileged main character that I frequently couldn't help but roll my eyes. I also cringed every time she called Drew "soldier" - wish they'd had a better nickname.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character