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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I started reading this book because it was described to me as similar to Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine, which it partly was but it was also partly deeply disturbing with heavy themes of cyclical violence against women. I had a hard time putting this down but I am torn on if that means it actually was a good book or if I was just desperate to finish and come to a happy ending. Spoiler alert: the ending was not happy and was, again, deeply disturbing with no growth for any character at all.
Kudos to the author because I believe she accomplished what she intended to, and the writing was quite good, but I don’t know that I would have read this book if I had taken a single second to read the description beyond what my friend had said. The “shocking and disturbing” tagline was not a lie!
Kudos to the author because I believe she accomplished what she intended to, and the writing was quite good, but I don’t know that I would have read this book if I had taken a single second to read the description beyond what my friend had said. The “shocking and disturbing” tagline was not a lie!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Rape
dark
sad
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:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, Murder
*I hope this serves as a reminder to stop trusting the popular opinion this year*
How tf this has so many 5 star reviews is beyond me. I literally counted only 2 2star ratings without a proper review and I just don’t understand how that’s even possible.
I only finished this because I wanted to see where it was going, but let me spare your the misery.
It’s going nowhere.
The story felt as clinical as reading a newspaper article. It was dark, twisted and pointless. Even the characters you were supposed to sympathise with were portrayed as weak and disgusting.
Both of the main characters are unlikable and irredeemable with no character growth whatsoever. Their narratives are both devoid of any feelings, they just present facts on a timeline.
The ending was awful, nothing was ever truly resolved, information just went in from one ear and went straight out the other.
And what was even the point? To tell that people never change? Well thanks for wasting my fucking time then but I refuse to take any book at face value because it has a bunch of "different" people.
Thank you NetGalley & Penguin General UK for the digital ARC
How tf this has so many 5 star reviews is beyond me. I literally counted only 2 2star ratings without a proper review and I just don’t understand how that’s even possible.
I only finished this because I wanted to see where it was going, but let me spare your the misery.
It’s going nowhere.
The story felt as clinical as reading a newspaper article. It was dark, twisted and pointless. Even the characters you were supposed to sympathise with were portrayed as weak and disgusting.
Both of the main characters are unlikable and irredeemable with no character growth whatsoever. Their narratives are both devoid of any feelings, they just present facts on a timeline.
The ending was awful, nothing was ever truly resolved, information just went in from one ear and went straight out the other.
And what was even the point? To tell that people never change? Well thanks for wasting my fucking time then but I refuse to take any book at face value because it has a bunch of "different" people.
Thank you NetGalley & Penguin General UK for the digital ARC
dark
emotional
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder
endearing and chilling all at once !!!! so many heartbreaking narratives in one book, but there was some really beautifully sad humor woven in. I also adored Sally’s happy era :’) adequate amt of mystery to keep it fun, but definitely easy enough to follow to let the plot speak for itself! like everyone else on here, the ending wasn’t it for me. I didn’t even need everything to end happily, but I would have preferred some sort of answer ?
dark
mysterious
sad
I was hooked IMMEDIATELY. This was the best opening of any book that I have read. The last quarter of the books wasn't as good as the beginning. I highly recommend but there were a few things I didn't like or weren't really needed.