4.34 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My gratitude to the author for putting content warnings regarding phobias at the beginning of the book. StoryGraph has so many content warning tags, but none for my specific phobia. Unfortunately, it is in this book, so I got zero percent the way through. But I'm glad I found out before starting rather than getting invested and not being able to finish.

localwhiskeyuncle's review

5.0
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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bookswithbethel's review

4.75
challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jenni777's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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the_silverfinch's review

3.75
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Totally not what I expected in the best way. It almost lost me at one point, but I’m so glad I pushed through! It pivoted in a really unexpected way, but I’m so glad it did. I’ve never read anything like this and probably never will again. There are some really terrifying concepts in this book that match the horror factor just as much as the gore. Overall amazing book. Made me want to punch my dad even more than I already do.
adventurous dark emotional 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

Just really not my style? I might come back to it but this is just not going to hit right now. 
dark emotional tense medium-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: Complicated

This is my first Nat Cassidy and he is definitely my kind of weird. I was immediately captivated by the little boy and I warmed to Jess quickly as I rooted for them both. I was constantly on edge but this book broke my heart multiple times too. The body count is high, the gore is visceral, the morals are grey and the ending is brilliant. I'll remember this one for a long time.
dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

loved this!!! such a good one to get out of a slump