Reviews

The Change by Kirsten Miller

ktread07's review

5.0

SIX stars and two thumbs up! This book was a treasure and truly unputdownable. I think it's safe to say I will be thinking about The Change for a while.

daviesam's review against another edition

4.0

A nauseating read when you realize the antagonists of the story are real life monsters we have dealt/do deal with in society today. The first plot twist was guessable if you paid any semblance of attention to the story. The second plot twist, or rather plot twist 1B, did surprise me.

The story was entertaining, even though there were moments where the novel couldn’t decide if it wanted to be a mystery, a commentary on the life of the upper class, or feminist propaganda (positive connotation).

The protagonists (including little Lucy) are all remarkable women. The writing was good. I have no major issues w this book.

Enjoyed! Harriet is my idol!

cellamar's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

dunnadam's review

4.0

Solid and fun.
I wanted to read The Witches of Eastwick but I heard it didn't age well, and there is some homophobia, which I need like a hole in the head, so I read this instead. Good choice.
I pictured Janet Mock as Henrietta, Octavia Spencer as Nessie and for some reason the butch one from The Facts of Life as Jo.

lynzywhimsy's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

trippalli's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The vengeance of strong women in this book take a magical turn as they uncover the murders of teen girls and uncover a web of evil abuse in their town they are seeking answers to and devising how to intervene and prevent further murders

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Murder, Violence, Trafficking, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Child death, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

djbobthegirl's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Child death, Classism, Grief, Rape, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, and Gaslighting

juanat77's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Mental illness, Trafficking, Stalking, Alcohol, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content

prose_and_peonies's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

This book was a bit much for me. It is very heavy, even the parts we are supposed to cheer for. I think I was supposed to be happy at how the ending turned out, but I wasn’t. While this one localized issue was resolved, what about the rest of the world? 

I also had some questions that were unanswered. If other women like the three main characters exist and have existed for generations, how isn’t there a larger network of them?  

After certain characters were introduced I knew fairly quickly they’d end up being the bad folks, but I didn’t know how. I almost DNF this audiobook several times but I did ultimately want to know how it ended. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Blood, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual violence

sfoster2309's review

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75