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Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

175 reviews

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

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dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

My score mainly reflects my visceral response to the tone and subject matter of this book. The entire book is dark and disturbing, but I find myself most upset with the ending. There is no resolution and I am concerned about the state of Sally Diamond. It's troubling feeling to have about fictional characters! I guess that says something about the quality of the writing. 

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

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is my new favourite book. I LOVED every single page 

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dark funny mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I really enjoyed this. I liked the change between characters & how fast paced it was. 

Sally will stay with me for a while. The author managed to get into the deep minds of a horrific character, but still provided some light comic relief in other parts of the book. The development of the characters was outstanding. 

The topics in this book are difficult to read and will not be for everyone. 

I can’t wait to read her other books. 

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

It’s one of the strangest darkest books I have ever read. Containing every trigger one can think of it’s a difficult read but I finished it in a day only because I couldn’t stop wondering what’s going to happen next. 

I have rated it four stars for the sheer gumption of the author to come up with such a difficult story that evokes such pathos and yet making you sympathise with dark characters who in principle do not deserve your sympathy. 

I just had a problem with the ambiguous ending but I guess this story couldn’t have ended any other way. 

Go into it blind but prepared your heart to be broken. 

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dark funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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