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The Change by Kirsten Miller

85 reviews

meg_grindstaff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Racism

gillianalice's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Wow. This book was so satisfying. Full of feminine rage and perfect for those of us feeling powerless and wanting to burn it all down.

The twist at the end was tragic and horrifying and so, so good. I can't really say much more without spoilers, and I don't feel like tagging them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual violence

clawedmonet's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia and Suicide

zo_vell's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

paws2pages's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

I wanted to love this book. I wanted to feel connected to the characters. And in some moments, I did.  
I liked the concept of 3 women coming into their own power in their late 40s, and I even liked some of the elements of traditional mysticism, but there was no need to make it super-power-ish. 
Ultimately. I felt like the story dragged on, and I agree with others that the story never really made up its mind on what kind of story it was telling - empowering, yet fun; dark with elements of social commentary and true crime; a fantastic tale in which women prevail. It was too much in too many pages. 
That being said, it was worth the read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder

feralsarah's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Intensely riveting. I loved the cast of women in this book and their use of feminine rage. At times I was laughing at the audacity of some of the men and other times on the verge of tears for the hurt they bestowed on the women. 

I docked just a half star because I would have liked to see some LGBTQIA+ representation, otherwise I absolutely loved this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Grief, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Trafficking

antimony27's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

katandthekats's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Trafficking

sabw_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence and Murder

knit_the_resistance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Where is the ten stars button? 

Do hate the patriarchy? do you occasionally find yourself fantasizing about P Diddy, some fresh honeycomb, and a swarm of angry bees? Does the idea of Harvey Weinstein being consumed alive by a toxic fungus give you a little frisson of schadenfreude? if so, then sister, do I have a book for you. 
Suspend your disbelief, because The Change is a wild damn ride. 
A small, idyllic seaside town. An wealthy, gated enclave.  A group of obscenely wealthy, powerful, and deeply shitty men. Three women discover that they have superpowers activated by perimenopause (including Jo, whose rage causes things to melt or go up in flames). Together, they discover the corpse of a murdered girl... and the ghosts of many more. 
Vengeance is sweet. And really gruesome. 
I don't know if you have to be female and in your late 40s-early 50s to love this book with the light of a thousand suns, but it probably doesn't hurt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail