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challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-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
3.0
Just as I cannot disprove the existence of alien life, neither can I disprove God. Personally, concluded a few years ago that I didn’t care one way or the other if God was real but that God wasn’t real for me. Reading this book, I looked at God as a fictitious character, which was the only way I could keep any objectivity. Whether God is real or not it’s irrelevant to the story, but it sure felt like the catalyst. Remove the God angle, and all you’ve got is a custody battle and a side romance. But without the God angle, there’s also no story to be told other than a cheating husband (given this happens in the first chapter, this ought not be considered a spoiler). So the book felt weak to me, but I give it three stars because the author is a very good writer overall, which is why I keep coming back for her books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Self harm
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