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louiepotterbook's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse
sunburn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Stalking, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Alcohol
deedireads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
June Farrow is last in a long line of Farrow women, all of whom have eventually gone mad. Or so she thinks. Until she, too, begins seeing the red door…and finally goes through it.
The Unmaking of June Farrow is part sweeping time-travel, part love story, part murder mystery, and fully unputdownable. It’s the perfect book if you liked Starling House and Addie LaRue and you’re looking for a fast, immersive read that you’ll want to gobble up in one day. I also loveddd the way this centers on a matrilinear line of incredible women assumed to be mad (you know where that’s going!).
This will probably get shelved with contemporary fiction (although also historical fiction — again, time travel); it’s much more magical realism than fantasy. As with all time travel novels (and all books with magic that aren’t hardcore fantasy), you can’t wait around for the magic system’s rules or origination, because we aren’t going to get it. But if you’re just along for the ride, it’s a hell of a time.
Graphic: Violence and Abandonment
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Sexual content and Religious bigotry
amschelly153's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
redhead_reader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I loved it so much. I think it was my favorite read of 2023.
This was my second Adrienne Young book, Spells for Forgetting was my first (which I also loved), and she has easily become an auto-buy author and I’m eagerly looking forward to reading her other books.
Her prose is some of the most beautiful, atmospheric writing I’ve ever read.
This book feels like a breezy summer’s day at the golden hour. I can’t really explain it. I already know I’m going to have the biggest book hangover from this one.
Thank you so much to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the copy of this eARC!
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Suicide
pdxpagemaster's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
I found the plot to be a bit too predictable, but nonetheless enjoyable. The magical realism that this book sits in isn’t as rich or unique as other stories. The ending felt very womp womp for as well thought out as the mystery was set up. The final reveal happened and then it was just all over in what felt like a forced happy ending?
Because of how it ended, the mood of the book changed for me.
Otherwise it was really well laced in atmosphere, family relationships, just enough romance, and mystery!
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Abandonment
mandi_lea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol
daylajane's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment
Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Pregnancy
vchetty's review against another edition
4.5
Moderate: Violence