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avisreadsandreads'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Child death, Death of parent, Sexism, Drug use, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Suicide
knit_the_resistance's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Confinement, Grief, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
georginathelibrarian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Confinement, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, and Mental illness
laurafrances's review
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Confinement, Death of parent, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Slavery
krisrow's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Dementia
Minor: Infidelity
kiwialexa's review
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Death, and Dementia
novelshire'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? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Confinement, Murder, and Mental illness
Minor: Drug use
lozababe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
We swap between events of the present (where Elizabeth has lost her mother and goes back to Ireland and ends up discovering things about her past) and events of the past (where we find out how things actually played out and not just how they were told), finding out things from the past that are clearly not known in the present but really should be.
The story kept me engaged after the first 50 pages and that’s when I knew it would become a book that I wouldn’t want to put down and, when I did, one that I couldn’t wait to pick back up again. It’s quite a short story, and kept me guessing about what had happened in the past throughout. Even until the end I was guessing about what had happened before it was revealed - some things were easier to guess than the rest.
Graham Norton’s writing was a dream to read, it was so easy to find yourself immersed in the story and not realise how long you had been sat reading it. My only problem with it was it was a little slow to start for my liking and a little bit confusing until you got into the rhythm, but overall one that I would recommend and I’m glad that it was recommended to me.
Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
Minor: Emotional abuse