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libraryladys's review
4.0
I read this as a Netgalley book. Truthfully, the less you know about this book before reading it, the better it will be for you.
kiara180's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
hikool101's review
3.0
I read this book in 8th grade, so I don't remember the details, but I do remember enjoying it a good amount, and I also remember that I would definitely be up to reading the author's other works. 7.5/10
mellabella's review
2.0
This book was just fine to me. I figured out something early on. So, my mind wasn't blown. In a few months, I probably won't remember it. It wasn't terrible. It wasn't great. It was just there. Jamie/Jim and his sister Cate were somewhat annoying. At any rate it was a quick read and the premise is good. 2.5 stars.
yabetsy's review
Following on the heels of her Morris-award-winning novel, Stephanie Kuehn presents another exceedingly creepy character study/page-turner.
ckausch's review
4.0
Wow. Seriously, what a mindfuck. Definitely will be great for group discussions!
I do wish they would cut out the last descriptive paragraph of the blurb. I somehow never read the full blurb and so was much more unsure of where the book would end than I think I would have been if I'd read it before reading.
I do wish they would cut out the last descriptive paragraph of the blurb. I somehow never read the full blurb and so was much more unsure of where the book would end than I think I would have been if I'd read it before reading.
scythefranz's review
4.0
complicit: adj. Having involvement as an accomplice in a questionable act or a crime
Complicit is the second novel of Stephanie Kuehn after Charm & Strange (3 stars). Complicit, however, is way crazier than Charm & Strange. By crazier I mean, I can't control my emotions that spiked up eventually during and after reading the book and I can't wrapped up my head on it that I'm still pondering on what the hell just happened. Which I did not experience in Charm & Strange so it's a plus.
Complicit is a character-driven story about 2 siblings, Jamie and Cate who had been adopted by a good couple-- a couple who'd just lost their 2 children. The rest has been unraveled through Jamie, who is a very unreliable narrator, I tell you. These unraveling of the past and the present has been delivered in an intense, confusing and conflicting way. They played with my emotions. They toyed with my heart. They messed with my brain and left me in a mindfuck state.
This book is a page-turner. The story told in short chapters make Complicit so compelling, I can't put the book down. It latches on me, I swear. Even it hid the truth for so long, I don't care because the journey to it is one hell of a ride. Even in the middle part the major plot twist became predictable, it's okay because it had been delivered in a strongly manner. It was all worth the wait, in my opinion.
Complicit is the second novel of Stephanie Kuehn after Charm & Strange (3 stars). Complicit, however, is way crazier than Charm & Strange. By crazier I mean, I can't control my emotions that spiked up eventually during and after reading the book and I can't wrapped up my head on it that I'm still pondering on what the hell just happened. Which I did not experience in Charm & Strange so it's a plus.
Complicit is a character-driven story about 2 siblings, Jamie and Cate who had been adopted by a good couple-- a couple who'd just lost their 2 children. The rest has been unraveled through Jamie, who is a very unreliable narrator, I tell you. These unraveling of the past and the present has been delivered in an intense, confusing and conflicting way. They played with my emotions. They toyed with my heart. They messed with my brain and left me in a mindfuck state.
This book is a page-turner. The story told in short chapters make Complicit so compelling, I can't put the book down. It latches on me, I swear. Even it hid the truth for so long, I don't care because the journey to it is one hell of a ride. Even in the middle part the major plot twist became predictable, it's okay because it had been delivered in a strongly manner. It was all worth the wait, in my opinion.
trisha_thomas's review
3.0
I want to lose myself in this moment.
I want to forget
the empty ache where my mother should be,
my sisters' madness,
my own rotten feelings of guilt,
my complicity.
I want to forget it all.
But even in this most perfect moment of perfect moments,
I can't.
I think so many reviews saying how mind blowing this book was might have jaded me a little. I'd really come up with some crazy elaborate conspiracy theories and was totally ready for a psychological masterpiece. It's not that it's not shocking, at least some of the key end elements, but that it wasn't nearly as drawn out and crazy as I'd thought. And somehow that was a let down
So don't go into this with any notions. Just read it for the story it is. And you should love it :)
I want to forget
the empty ache where my mother should be,
my sisters' madness,
my own rotten feelings of guilt,
my complicity.
I want to forget it all.
But even in this most perfect moment of perfect moments,
I can't.
I think so many reviews saying how mind blowing this book was might have jaded me a little. I'd really come up with some crazy elaborate conspiracy theories and was totally ready for a psychological masterpiece. It's not that it's not shocking, at least some of the key end elements, but that it wasn't nearly as drawn out and crazy as I'd thought. And somehow that was a let down
So don't go into this with any notions. Just read it for the story it is. And you should love it :)