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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
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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
Moderate: Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
incredible book club choice
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Racism, Lesbophobia
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
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Abandonment
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Pedophilia, Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Violence
Minor: Domestic abuse, Racism
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic