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emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I'm not terribly familiar with the horror genre, so I don't feel like the best judge of this as a work of horror in terms of tropes, but I liked how the themes of loss/grief and responsibility were continuous through the story. There are some reviews that I saw that said the ending feels like a deus ex machina and really out of nowhere, and while that makes sense if you are judging this as a zombie story, I personally feel like it was consistent with the themes I previously mentioned.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Domestic abuse
If descriptions of swimming in deep water, drowning, or near drowning are triggers for you, be aware that there is a lot of that in this book.
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