3.87 AVERAGE

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imogen_bentley's review

4.5

I absolutely loved how this book was written, finding out things at the same time as Shelley, although most of the time I did catch on to things before they were revealed. I have a feeling this might have been the intention of the author but still it was a great read.

My one little niggle (and I know this is supposed to be a feel good story and I’m glad it had a happy ending) is that realistically, the hospital would have found out she was pregnant or it was likely she would miscarry in a car accident, but I’m trying to overlook this as the story as a whole was wonderful. I think that the depiction of DV was realistic and well written, and I hope that Mick gets put in prison too, sad we never get to find that out!
emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix

A good read, but to note, it does feature domestic violence, so may not be appropriate or comfortable reading for some. That said, it's written well, delicately despite being quite detailed in places. I'm glad I read it through to the end.

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dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Despite the dark themes of abuse in this book I really enjoyed the duel timelines that slowly brought out characters missing memories to light.I thought it was cleverly done. 
relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

nicolaw98's review

3.25
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
emotional reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes