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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
She could have gone a little deeper with a lot of the concepts, but it was a good, fairly spooky read.
Wish we'd gotten a little more of an investigation to flesh out the cult stuff.
Wish we'd gotten a little more of an investigation to flesh out the cult stuff.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
It took me a quite a while to get into the story, the characters were all annoying and rather problematic and the plot really fell short. I really liked the concept of this book but it could have been executed a lot better in my opinion.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
I keep expecting Ania Ahlborn to have at least one bad book, but I haven’t found it yet. She absolutely crushes the Cult horror genre with Within These Walls. It is terrifying but not in your face, it’s more about the slow inevitable crawl towards certain doom. Like most of her books this isn’t a feel good story. It’s heartbreaking, and with my recent title of father, certain aspects hit extra hard. I loved the whole set up of this book, and the multiple timelines we as the reader navigate. The ability of cult leaders to completely manipulate people to commit horror acts has always fascinated me, and Ania knocks that aspect out of the park with Jeffrey Holcrum. If you don’t mind depressing books and love true crime and cults I can’t imagine being disappointed with this book.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After Brother, I was very excited to read more from Ania Ahlborn, but this definitely fell flat for me.