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charitylee92's review
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
tabby2920's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Child abuse
Minor: Child death, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
marieeh's review against another edition
2.0
However, the content of this book was absolutely horrible. Like, I felt physically uncomfortable reading it. I have never been in such a situation as the girls in the book, but I have been in situations where I was surrounded by people who made me uncomfortable and that I just wanted to leave or get away from, so the author did an excellent job with creating that atmosphere. But the descriptions of abuse the girls went through were horrible to read. Very, very uncomfortable. And what made it worse was
This was categorized as a mystery/suspense at my library, but it really didn't feel like a mystery at all. Just a dark, slow moving, fiction. There was one "twist", I guess you could call it, at the end where it was revealed that
The main story takes place in 1985 and alternates between chapters in 2010, when one of the girls has returned to the chateau, but that really didn't lend too much to the story and maybe could have been left out, or condensed into an epilogue, imo. Some of the other issues
I was also disappointed with the implications of the ending.
Overall I just really didn't like it, and it left a very bad taste in my mouth. I'd give it a generous 3 for writing, but a 1 for content, which averaged out to a 2. I am not ready to give up on the author, so should she write another book I'd probably give it a try.
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Sexual content
untamedarchive's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
The main storyline takes place at a chateau in France in the 1980s. We follow a young girl named Ruby as she is exposed to countless abuses from a predatory friend of her father to neglect by her parents.
This book offered very little resolution and I thought about DNF-ing several times. I wish there had been more development of the mysteries surrounding the chateau, and some justice for the young women who were subjected to truly horrible behavior by the adults in their lives. Unfortunately, there was no justice to be found. I can't say that I recommend this book.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Child death
megandherbook's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Misogyny
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Death, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Confinement and Child death