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The Project by Courtney Summers

14 reviews

fangirlashley1's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

Even at her weakest, Courtney Summers is a great author and I’ll read anything she writes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide and Murder

booksandprosecco's review

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Book review • The Project by Courtney Summers • 3 stars
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Quick thoughts:
• I picked this one up because I LOVED Sadie by the same author.
• The Project was good, but not on the same level as Sadie.
• it had the potential to be dark and gripping but just missed the mark.
• that being said, it’s a quick read and was compelling enough for me to get through in one day.
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Overall: it’s a good read. Not quite my style, so I might be biased against it. But definitely read Sadie!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Suicide, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

lisacanteven's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

This is my first Courtney Summers book. I know a lot of people read Sadie before and this book did not measure up. For me, I do not have that book to compare to. I still was left wanting so much more from this book that she gave us. I felt as if so much happened off the pages that we were hardly given enough of the story for it to make its impact. I've never read a book that left so much unsaid before, and let me say that I did not like that at all. 

The cult vibes were great though, so I rated it higher than I would have normally I think. I wanted a cult book, and I got one. It was pretty predictable the whole time, even without as much context as we deserved as readers. I didn't love it, but I didn't dislike it as much as I was expecting based on other reviews. I'm not sure I would read another book by this author though.   

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

gbyd's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders