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Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic
The build up just for the itch not to get scratched. Don’t get me wrong, this book is sooo disturbing but it kept my hooked and is such a page turner and I like the dual pov (although the info provided more than once wasn’t needed). I’d say I enjoyed it to an extent, but I genuinely hated the turn out and people are so sick. Neither CG and PG got what they deserved and I’m always going to be mad about that, like fuck off
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident
Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide
𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 :
- Alice Feeney
- Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth
- Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
- Character driven stories
- dark themes
- dual pov
- neurodivergent main character
𝙈𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 :
Nugent writes with exactly the right tone - painting a picture of darkness & humour, despair & hope, of empathy & optimism. The plot was intricate, with well placed twists.
Despite her tragic upbringing & blunt exterior, Sally manages to become a resilient, capable, quirky adult. She is a character you can’t help but root for.
The audiobook was impeccable. Sally’s point of view was narrated perfectly & the addition of the interview audio recordings were so authentic.
While the ending was a tiny bit underwhelming, Sally & her story deserve 5 stars, one of my most memorable reads of the year. I’ll be thinking about Sally and her strangeness for a long time.
**the topics discussed in this book are heavy - I definitely recommend checking trigger warnings.
Thank you @netgally for the opportunity to read this book for the paperback rerelease!
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Pandemic/Epidemic
+ I found the MC believable; she was flawed, fallible and multidimensional
+ the subtext of nature versus nurture was interesting
+ the story itself was sadly credible
- some of the more peripheral characters were less credible. Some characters really didn’t seem to serve any function and were dropped from the story for huge numbers of pages.
- I just didn’t love the ending… it all wrapped up too quickly. For example the podcaster was an interesting angle, which was then just finished very abruptly. Amanda Herron having the last chapter seemed silly because she wasn’t a character who’d been developed.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail