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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I did enjoy reading this book more then the actual book if that makes sense and Yhh… these are my thoughts.
I’d say I didn’t really like main plot twist and much after the fact about the dogs (all I’ll say) and the characters I couldn’t really connect with or like all that much. But with these ups and downs they are portrayed as real I guess. The writing style was good, some parts I didn’t like that much tho.
What I did like was the pacing I feel, it’s very fast but also only details a rather short timespan. It is very readable, relatively easy to understand and I feel it would be quick to get through - I finished it in less than 2 days which is very unlike me. The plot twist I didn’t see coming and how Lockhart does this storytelling is good and you’re constantly trying to figure out what’s going on and then when you discover the truth you relate it to past events and Yhh it helps your brain ticking.
As far as the actual plot… we follow our protagonist Cadence who is part of ‘the Liars’ alongside Mirren (her cousin), Johnny (cousin from a different aunt) and Gat (Johnny’s ‘stepdad’s’ sister’s son and her love interest) who meet on the family island every summer and just have fun kinda. Basically, an incident (her accident she calls it) occurs during summer fifteen which she doesn’t remember, she returns to the island two years later and tries to piece together what actually happened. All I’ll say cause I don’t want to spoil anything.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this and flew through it, the twists were ehh-ish but makes you think. I didn’t really like the characters that much but Yhh… solid 4 stars ⭐️
I’d say I didn’t really like main plot twist and much after the fact about the dogs (all I’ll say) and the characters I couldn’t really connect with or like all that much. But with these ups and downs they are portrayed as real I guess. The writing style was good, some parts I didn’t like that much tho.
What I did like was the pacing I feel, it’s very fast but also only details a rather short timespan. It is very readable, relatively easy to understand and I feel it would be quick to get through - I finished it in less than 2 days which is very unlike me. The plot twist I didn’t see coming and how Lockhart does this storytelling is good and you’re constantly trying to figure out what’s going on and then when you discover the truth you relate it to past events and Yhh it helps your brain ticking.
As far as the actual plot… we follow our protagonist Cadence who is part of ‘the Liars’ alongside Mirren (her cousin), Johnny (cousin from a different aunt) and Gat (Johnny’s ‘stepdad’s’ sister’s son and her love interest) who meet on the family island every summer and just have fun kinda. Basically, an incident (her accident she calls it) occurs during summer fifteen which she doesn’t remember, she returns to the island two years later and tries to piece together what actually happened. All I’ll say cause I don’t want to spoil anything.
Overall, I enjoyed reading this and flew through it, the twists were ehh-ish but makes you think. I didn’t really like the characters that much but Yhh… solid 4 stars ⭐️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Death, Dementia, Grief, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Dementia, Grief, Classism
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
book was meh. the story was just like… honestly i don’t even know how to review this cause i can’t remember how i felt reading the start of it or anything that’s how mid it was. the end was just so confusing like why?! the ending was just like so random idk just wasn’t the best. if the book was maybe longer and the author explored the story more and made the “twist” much more exciting?! it would have been much better but it was a good quick read so there’s that.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Minor: Dementia
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Classism
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief
Minor: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racism, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Alcohol
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death
Moderate: Death, Violence, Dementia
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It follows the character of Cadence Sinclair Eastman and how her family has affected her as a person. It's very hard to explain in simple terms what this book is about without spoiling anything because it's kind of all over the place. The characters aren't loveable and I don't really connect with any of them, to me Cady was just a girl who didn't understand her privilege and whilst I get that just because you have money doesn't mean you have a good life, I still don't think that's an excuse for the way she acts in this book. I thought Gat was quite an interesting character but there wasn't much too him and I think that could have been explored a bit more. I sort of guessed the ending in the middle of the book which kind of made it a bit boring to read towards the end. I did quite like the style that the book was written in, as it was fast-paced for me but I could still understand what was happening. There is character development to an extent, as the reasons why characters are the way they are, are sort of explained towards the end. I don't think I'd recommend this book to anyone but if you've got it on your TBR list then I think you should give it a go.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Classism
It talks about physical pain as a metaphor for mental pain which can be quite graffic and triggering
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't think this book is something to sing home about. However, I didn't neccessiarly enjoy what was being said but how it was said. I enjoyed lockhart's descriptions in this and i found it a fast read and didn't want to put it down. Despite that i don't believe it's worth all of the but i did enjoy it nonetheless.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicidal thoughts