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bookboxbabe's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
no one speak to me for a bit, i’m not well
this book is beautiful and gut wrenching at the same time. it’s raw and feels like you’re being ripped open and spilt onto the pages.
i loved the small town dynamics, the mystery that kept me guessing till the very end, and the whiplash of reveals felt like i myself was in the middle of the hurricane
the summer children will forever be in my heart
this book is beautiful and gut wrenching at the same time. it’s raw and feels like you’re being ripped open and spilt onto the pages.
i loved the small town dynamics, the mystery that kept me guessing till the very end, and the whiplash of reveals felt like i myself was in the middle of the hurricane
the summer children will forever be in my heart
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, and Suicide attempt
hollyheartless's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
I have very mixed feelings about this book. This is quite fast paced and I was very hooked on finding out what happened. Part of me loves the dark atmosphere and the absolute rollercoaster I was on in trying to solve the mystery I did not trust any of these characters apart from MC Grey. The history of the characters and world building was clearly really thought out and clear while reading. There are some very clever snippets of writing using small visions of text to build a whole scene which I thought was brilliant!! However, I will say I didn’t feel fully satisfied with the ending of the book as a whole in the epilogue, I feel like I have a lot of questions still unanswered. Also there are a lot of triggers with this book, including child death, abuse, alcoholism and brief mentions of self harm. It is a dark and more mature book, one that I would read again but I wouldn’t be in any rush to
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Gore, Murder, and Vomit
Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury
cbbyles07's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Physical abuse
Minor: Pedophilia
Very descriptive regarding hurricane, hurricane prep (may be triggering for someone that has weather related Phobias)hannahadamson's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I'm not quite sure how I feel about this one. It was very atmospheric and the mystery aspect was really interesting. I absolutely loved the small town setting and I didn't know who to trust the whole time which kept things exciting.
I've been really enjoying dark, mystery books recently and this book gave exactly that.
However, the plot was very slow to unravel. Looking back on this, not a lot really happened. Therefore, I think this book could have been 100 pages shorter. I spent most chapters wanting more from it. For example, a lot of chapters would end on an exciting cliffhanger, but then the next chapter didn't resolve any of it.
Also, I really didn't like the scenes between Grey and a certain character. (Hart) It just felt like the same conversation was repeated over and over again
Also I found that the ending wrapped everything up a little too quickly for me. The whole book was quite slow paced but then the big reveal at the end was over in a flash! And thats the best part of a mystery book, so I wish we'd spent a little more time there.
In addition to this, I didn't really like any of the characters and I don't think them being psychics added much to the story, I think i'd have preferred this book if the supernatural elements of the book weren't there.
Having said all that, I did read it really quickly and there were lots of twists and turns that kept me guessing and the reveal at the end did genuinely surprise me! Overall, if you're looking for a supernatural, small town mystery with a really dark and atmospheric setting I think you would enjoy this and I will definitely be picking up Ginny Myers Sain's books in the future!
make sure to check the trigger warnings before reading this one!
I've been really enjoying dark, mystery books recently and this book gave exactly that.
However, the plot was very slow to unravel. Looking back on this, not a lot really happened. Therefore, I think this book could have been 100 pages shorter. I spent most chapters wanting more from it. For example, a lot of chapters would end on an exciting cliffhanger, but then the next chapter didn't resolve any of it.
Also, I really didn't like the scenes between Grey and a certain character.
Also I found that the ending wrapped everything up a little too quickly for me. The whole book was quite slow paced but then the big reveal at the end was over in a flash! And thats the best part of a mystery book, so I wish we'd spent a little more time there.
In addition to this, I didn't really like any of the characters and I don't think them being psychics added much to the story, I think i'd have preferred this book if the supernatural elements of the book weren't there.
Having said all that, I did read it really quickly and there were lots of twists and turns that kept me guessing and the reveal at the end did genuinely surprise me! Overall, if you're looking for a supernatural, small town mystery with a really dark and atmospheric setting I think you would enjoy this and I will definitely be picking up Ginny Myers Sain's books in the future!
make sure to check the trigger warnings before reading this one!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Physical abuse, Murder, Grief, and Death of parent
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