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When She Returned

Lucinda Berry

3.78 AVERAGE

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

4.5 Rating

I loved the cult concept in the book - how it grew into a darker community over time
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

*audiobook* Kate leaves her family to join a cult and comes back 11 years later after she has a baby and the cult leader tried to take her- just to turn around and try to take her 16 year old daughter to the cult leader. I wish it would have had a happier ending but it’s a true picture of trauma and manipulation and cults.
Coulda done without Meredith’s POV, I never really liked her

*Not nice so if you loved this don’t read or your feelings might be hurt lol*

Wtf did I just waste my time on

laurengold's review

3.25
dark tense

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sarah_86's review

4.0
tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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christinahlx's review

3.0
dark mysterious 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: Yes
challenging dark 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