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em815ily's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy
greylandreviews's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Pregnancy, Death, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, and Gore
blissofalife's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Gaslighting, Confinement, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Death
Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, and Body horror
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Torture, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore
kristinv20's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Death and Child death
Moderate: Death and Gaslighting
yomireads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Moderate: Murder and Gaslighting
Minor: Violence and Child death
mlovesbooks's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Bee was my favorite character.
All in all, a good and interesting read.
Graphic: Murder and Suicide
Moderate: Ableism, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Alcohol, Child death, and Mass/school shootings
foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Ableism, Medical content, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
saturdayslaughter's review against another edition
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Child death
dalmavatai's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
However, I just thought that the characters were quite bland and I didn't much care for them, and I didn't care about the nature/commune aspects either. This book kind of made me realize that I don't enjoy reading about a commune because it's just not something that I'm particularly interested in learning about. If it had gone darker I perhaps would have enjoyed it more because I do think I'm interested in reading about cults, but alas I was a bit bored for long stretches of reading this book. It was also too long in my opinion but my lack of enjoyment obviously contributes to me feeling that way.
An overall meh setting and bland characters with a very gripping mystery and a good payoff - a very mixed bag.
I will also say that without going into spoilers, I was not a fan of the disability (blind) representation at all, I thought it was a plot point that could've been handled with a lot more care which wouldn't have had the outcome that we ended up getting. It's a bit cheap so maybe look at reviews by blind people to see how they feel about it.
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Infidelity and Violence
Minor: Child death, Drug abuse, Suicide, and Alcoholism
curatedsymposium's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Murder, Torture, Addiction, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Suicidal thoughts