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When She Returned

Lucinda Berry

3.78 AVERAGE

challenging dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Not my favourite Lucinda book sadly but can’t win ‘em all! Still love her writing & was a quick easy read but it didn’t feel as dark or interesting as her others. Dare I say it felt a bit tame for our Berry! Lol!

Be a good place to start if you’re first getting into her books though.
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious fast-paced

Book started off strong and was very interesting and spooky, but the ending was way too abrupt and predictable!
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bex_scarlett's review

3.75
dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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: Complicated
mysterious slow-paced

The book started out great.  It developed a good mystery with a cult connection.  The middle of the book seemed to drag with the same types of scenes reiterated over and over.  The book picked up again in the latter part as the mystery began to be solved.  The ending was very abrupt and I was surprised to find that it had concluded, although I was glad to be finished so I could move on to another book.
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wine_guac_books's review

3.0
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark sad

meh. i saw the ending of this coming… i hate it when i can guess the *big* plot twist. i felt like there were some major holes in the plot and a lot of extra “fluff” that wasn’t needed. i felt sorry for kate till about half way through… then her personality completely switched and she became almost the villain of the story… i felt like this story had great potential but completely fell short. no real *shocking* moments… no crazy plot twist… just left me feeling ver underwhelmed. 
challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes