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lucy_shanners's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Trafficking, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Confinement, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Dementia, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism and Self harm
keepsleep's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Confinement
maddiet425's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child death, Death, and Confinement
Moderate: Pregnancy
ericadansereau's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Confinement
emakay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Dementia, and Kidnapping
Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Vomit
morganperks's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia
giulia_and_books's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
I wanted to know how the present timeline and the past timeline met up in the end. I’m not usually one for multiple timelines and POVs, but Wingate handled it really well in this story. Typically I tend to want to focus on just one story line more than the other, and while I did find the past more interesting than following Avery around, I didn’t mind the bits and pieces of the present that added to the rich story from the past.
I have to mention that I love Wingate’s author’s note and guide in the back of the book. It was really interesting to read about how the Foss family came to fruition in her mind and how the characters found their voices.
I would recommend this book to most people, if they can handle the heavy trigger warnings and reality of this novel.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia
ifersinklings's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Minor: Trafficking and Torture