476 reviews for:

Where You End

Abbott Kahler

3.18 AVERAGE

camp_redwood's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment

shay4cy's review

3.0

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

breeelovestoread's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

alyglynne's review

2.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laurenliz28's review

3.25

dark mysterious slow-paced

annameix's review

2.75

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katyjake01's review

2.0

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

cheriepie's review

3.0

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Slow to start and build, and I nearly put it down in several places but kept going just to see where it would go. It's fine, but didn’t really wow me. Which is a shame because I loved all the elements of this! The execution was just poor. Loved Sab though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Violence, Murder

A new-age cult is the cornerstone of this book.

organchordsandlightning's review

3.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A really interesting premise that didn't work for me.

I found the dialogue too stilted for me to really form a connection with any of the characters. When we got down to the meat of the cult, I was intrigued, but the clunky writing style made it difficult for me to get invested at any point.

wildgurl's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

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Where You End
by: Abbott Kahlen
2024
Henry Holt
5 stars

'Where You End' I was having trounle getting into. It had a slow start, for me. I di finish it and I am so glad I did. It's one of the better dark fiction I've read. 

A psychological suspense - gritty and tense - about twin sisters and a cult. The plot is told in a back-and-forth, past/present style. The characters are impossible to trust, secretive and damaged. Manipulation-retribution-the twists are frequent and make it hard to put down.

'Where You End' is a disturbing story of Katherine and Jude, twin sisters. Katherine is in a car accident that leaves her with no memory of her past. All she remembers is a special connection with her twin sister. Jude begins to tell Katherine about their past, slowly revealing their experiences. Katherine begins to  suspect her sister, Jude, is filling her head with lies and decptions. But why?

This was fantastic in every way. Unforgettable evil.