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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a good and fascinating book. It shows the impact one terrible person can have on so many lives. Some of the chapters made my skin crawl.
My only criticism is that I wasn't entirely satisfied by the ending, but would still recommend.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
challenging
emotional
mysterious
medium-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
dark
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:
Complicated
It felt too horrific to be enjoyable, but yet I couldn’t stop. The main character is so peculiar, honestly unlike any other character I’ve read. You can’t help feeling for her as you (along with her) learn more about her traumatic upbringing and have her first person narration to explain how she contextualizes her world, having escaped with her mother from their captors imprisonment, where the mother had been held since being kidnapped as a young girl.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, Cannibalism
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
sad
tense
fast-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
A compelling page turner but there were some things that let it down for me.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, i was intrigued from the very first chapter and found my self speeding through the book to find out what was going to happen next.
This was absolutely a very sad and disturbing story with some extremely dark topics, but the ending felt rushed and not satisfying at all. I felt a bit “Was that it!” Which was disappointing.
I wouldn’t describe this as a thriller, it isn’t packed with suspense and twists. Reads more like a darkly themed litfic
I also found the writing style very basic. A tell-not-show style. I can understand this style could fit when writing from the POV of Sally with her mental condition, but the whole book was in this style, no matter the POV. I think this made it feel quite YA (in writing style, not content!).
Overall, I enjoyed the story, but it lost stars for the ending and the writing style.
Overall, I enjoyed the book, i was intrigued from the very first chapter and found my self speeding through the book to find out what was going to happen next.
This was absolutely a very sad and disturbing story with some extremely dark topics, but the ending felt rushed and not satisfying at all. I felt a bit “Was that it!” Which was disappointing.
I wouldn’t describe this as a thriller, it isn’t packed with suspense and twists. Reads more like a darkly themed litfic
I also found the writing style very basic. A tell-not-show style. I can understand this style could fit when writing from the POV of Sally with her mental condition, but the whole book was in this style, no matter the POV. I think this made it feel quite YA (in writing style, not content!).
Overall, I enjoyed the story, but it lost stars for the ending and the writing style.
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No