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Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Stalking
Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping
Minor: Drug use
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Terminal illness
Minor: Medical content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Murder
Minor: Child abuse, Child death
As Pip investigates she finds things that just don't seem to make any sense. Jamie is no saint, but his behaviour in the weeks leading up to his disappearance is out and out baffling. Slowly, piece by piece, she starts to put together the weeks before and begin to figure out the knots of tangled threads. Information is teased out and the reader is just as in the dark as Pip for most of the novel, leading to the final conclusion.
There are some niggles with the novel that shorted it of a five star rating. The biggest is the final reveal really could have been teased out and expanded on far more. It's dropped on you in the final pages and it felt wasted as a lot more could have been made of it. Without spoilers, it's a heck of a reveal and felt rushed. There are also a few loose threads that are just dropped; the one that instantly comes to mind is Pip's previous friends turning on her. It's mentioned once and then dropped, without ever being picked back up. Even a simple 'told you so' moment would have been satisfying.
But those are minor niggles in the grand scheme of things and didn't impact my overall enjoyment of the novel, so a solid four stars.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood