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pau0704's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-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? It's complicated
2.5
Slow and very predictable book. The story has nothing new to offer. To my taste the characters lacked some depth, even though the author tried very hard to give them back stories I think she did not accomplish what she aimed for. I found it so interesting how the characters kept missing clues and information, and I guess it was on purpose, so the author could keep the book going, which is not always good.
I read a translation, not the original language in which the book is written, not sure if it was the translator's fault, or if the author really writes like that, but hated the way it was written, there's so many words that are so repetitive and posh words that no one uses, almost feels like this book was written with the intention for it to become a tv series one day.
I saw the author has published many more books since this one, from the experience I got from this one I won't be reading another book from her, but I hope she has improved since this book was published. And that she also has overcome her fatphobia
I read a translation, not the original language in which the book is written, not sure if it was the translator's fault, or if the author really writes like that, but hated the way it was written, there's so many words that are so repetitive and posh words that no one uses, almost feels like this book was written with the intention for it to become a tv series one day.
I saw the author has published many more books since this one, from the experience I got from this one I won't be reading another book from her, but I hope she has improved since this book was published. And that she also has overcome her fatphobia
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Fatphobia
Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Rape, Infidelity, Suicide, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
oh_w0rm's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
I’m not sure what to give as a starred review but I will tell you that the style of this book frequently aggravated me; the characters would find new information and go, hmm, that’s interesting, and the readers wouldn’t get to know the information for potentially dozens of pages. I know why it was done, but it still annoyed me. And there were so many threads that in the end I still had a few questions that were answered in the book but I no longer remembered after so much else had happened. But maybe that’s just me and my bad memory and slow reading.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, Rape, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Grief
Minor: Death, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse
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