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emotional
sad
slow-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
Eighty-seven chapters of whining and complaining about parents kissing ass for their trust funds. And why not have the dogs die in a fire the main character set… riveting stuff.
Read For
✓ House Fire
✓ Head Injury
✓ Toxic Family
✓ Summer House
✓ Racist Grandpa
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊
Spice Level: n/a
Sad Level: 💧
Plot: 2/10
Pace: 2/10
Ending: 1/10
Characters: 1/10
Enjoyability: 1/10
Writing Style: 3/10
Would I Recommend? No
Favorite Character: none of them.
Favorite Quote: ❝Do not accept an evil you can change.❞
POV: First Person
Pages: 242
Format: Audiobook
Language: English
Release Date: 13, May 2014
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good for young adults.
Too close to the “it was all just a dream” trope for me. It didn’t feel like the mystery it’s meant to be.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death, Death, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s one of the best emotional thrillers that I have read, themes of grief and family are the main focus of this book. It is a must-read for every human being out there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Racism, Alcohol
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Death, Racism, Dementia, Grief
Minor: Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't know if it is because I am already depressed, but I had a really hard time connecting with this book, and I found the ending to be really really depressing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Racism
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This wasn't a bad book; it was just fine and unmemorable. The writing style was okay, but sometimes it was hard to tell where in the timeline we were for a little bit, so those jumps in time were sometimes a bit startling. The plot twist is fucked up and sad, and I did get emotional when Cady was talking about its aftermath and each of the liars. I didn't like that the rest of the liars for the present time were ghosts, and that that was part of the reveal. It felt a bit lazy. The fact that the liars burned the house down was foreshadowed well, but the fact that three of them died and were now ghosts was not. For most of the book, I was honestly a bit bored because I never felt a pressing need to know what had happened. Also, since the present day had a time limit (Cadence was only staying at the island for 4 weeks), there should have been some tension included in the passage of time, leading up to the 4 weeks being up, but there wasn't. I did like some of the writing, and the ideas it brought up, such as when Gat mentioned that he was like Heathcliff to the grandfather. There were the stereotypical, somewhat cliche, discussions on rich people's privilege and materialism, but some of the commentary was done in an interesting way. I am sure that, for the time, it felt much more revolutionary and new than it does reading it today. I am still unsure how I feel about the constantly changing story of the three daughters; the concept is interesting, but the execution didn't quite stand out to me. I thought that this was an okay read, but I am also glad that I didn't spend money on this. I definitely will not be reading the second book because I don't care enough (also, everyone says that it is such a let down anyway).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Racism, Grief, Classism
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism