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Särmikäs Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent

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dark mysterious sad tense 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

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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: No

Aw bruna bedankt voor dit recensie-exemplaar.  Wat een duister boek. Dit boek houdt je tot het einde gevangen. Er gebeurt een hele hoop en het boek blijft je verbazen. Je volgt twee verhaallijnen en het boek springt over tussen heden en verleden. Dit wordt op een hele fijne manier gedaan. Het boek bevat veel heftige thema's en is niet voor iedereen geschikt. Ik vond het een heel spannend en interessant verhaal, maar er zaten niet zoveel plots in. Het einde verliep ook net iets te snel. Ik had wel iets meer geheimzinnigheid willen zien als het om S. Gaat.

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challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

After seeing so much praise online about this book, I decided to pick it up and see if it lived up to the hype.  It certainly does that. 
This story is complex and upsetting.  Reading through this can be quite difficult at times, but this doesn't take anything away from how well the book is written.
I feel like you are easily emersed into the story, maybe even relating to some of the feelings of the characters. 

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

 demorou um pouco para engatar no começo, mas depois foi uma leitura rápida e fluida, gostei e acabei gostando dos personagens
mas fiquei um pouco triste com o final

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dark emotional mysterious 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

SYNOPSIS
  • Sally can’t remember anything before her 7th birthday. She was adopted by a couple, and she doesn’t recall life before them.
  • Sally is in her 40s now, and her father recently passed from cancer. Her mother had died some time ago. Sally has always been a loner, and she has struggled socially. She gets severe anxiety when dealing with others. 
  • Peter’s story intertwines, and it starts when he is a young boy in the 1970s. 

MY THOUGHTS
  • Heavy topics.
  • Seamlessly woven together.
  • Writing flows so well. Impossible to put down.
  • Compelling, engrossing, & devastating read.
  • Two POVs + alternates between past & present.
  • Well-developed characters. Loved getting to learn the back stories.
  • It’s impossible to not root for Sally!

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Compelling, engrossing, & devastating read. Finished in 24 hrs.

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

Up until the ending of this book, I thought it would be 5 stars from me. What a letdown of an ending! Really awful. What happened?! Just so disappointing. 

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark emotional sad tense medium-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

Wow. This book was amazing and I was hooked. I just wanted to keep reading. I’ll be thinking about Sally for a long time to come. 

Please be wary of the trigger warnings because it is so dark. 

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

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challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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