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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a surprising one. I’m reading it for my February book club and I flew thru it. I think Psychological Thrillers are climbing in ranks of favorite genre recently. The main character Blythe has essentially distrusted her daughter since the day she was born and felt nothing for her. But then Blythe has a son and absolutely adores him. When bad things happen around her, is she right to think her daughter is causing them? Or is it all in her head and she’s blaming her child daughter for things unfairly because of her dislike of the girl and her past with her own mother?
Slightly predictable but still chilling ending.
Slightly predictable but still chilling ending.
I’m still trying to process what I read… I’ll be back for a better review
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Similar to We Need To Talk About Kevin, which I haven't read (but have seen the movie), I think this would put me off having kids if I wasn't already a mother. I liked that I began the book with a certain impression of Blythe, and then that impression quickly changed. I like when an author tricks me like that.
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
This book did a good job of depicting what seems like a worst case scenario sort of motherhood, and it honestly kind of validated my worst fears about motherhood in general and generational wounds, but in a way that just bummed me out rather than feeling cathartic or something.
More importantly, it just wasn't that interesting. I didn't feel like there were enough of the psychological thriller elements that were promised, and I felt I was right to take the events that occurred mostly at face value.
More importantly, it just wasn't that interesting. I didn't feel like there were enough of the psychological thriller elements that were promised, and I felt I was right to take the events that occurred mostly at face value.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don’t remember the last time I experienced such fear and anger at the same time.