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When She Returned

Lucinda Berry

3.78 AVERAGE

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i_forgot_my_pen's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
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evanquill's review

3.25
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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
challenging dark emotional fast-paced

3.75 stars

Who doesn’t have a morbid fascination with cults? That was enough to hook me from the get go. I picked up on the major twist, that Kate was planning to bring Abbi back to the cult, BUT I saw it happening in one of two different ways, both better endings than the original if I do say so myself:
1. Kate offers to exchange Abbi for Shiloh in order to save Shiloh from becoming one of Abner’s “soldiers.”
2. Kate plans the kidnapping of Abbi, but she is also the one to secretly get in touch with Dean and the FBI in order to set up Ray and bring down Love International.

Still enjoyed it, though.
dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Yes
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

another overly hyped tiktok book that came out kinda disappointing.

I was finally able to sleuth out the ending of one of Berry's novels. Maybe I've watched too many cult documentaries