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The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

5 reviews

bookishkale's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I thought the prose was well done, and very vivid and vibrant. There felt like there was a little too much going on, and it all made sense at the end but I felt like there was a little too much pushed under the rug with the main plot. I liked June a lot, and I understood her fears and worries. I really liked her and Eamon together, though I found it frustrated at times when he didn’t trust her

because she wasn’t ‘his’ June… because she is? She just doesn’t have all the same memories?

I liked the threads that tied through the whole book but at some points, I think it was just the plot of the book that made it a little messy. Some threads (even if I liked them!) were a little too obvious, but I did listen to the audiobook so that might have changed somethings. 

For any interested audio listeners, I thought the narrator did a pretty great job, but sometimes I felt like she had a hard time with Eamon’s voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Abandonment

sunburn's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Alcohol, Abortion, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, and Child abuse

kenzieclark's review

mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion

firefly99's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This one was so confusing, which was actually fitting because it felt like you were reacting right along with the MC. Made my brain hurt, but in a good way. Part murder mystery, part time travel, very well written with a vivid setting and characters. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Minor: Physical abuse, Abortion, Terminal illness, Alcohol, Sexual content, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Blood

bringmybooks's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 Thank you to NetGalley, Delacorte Press, & Penguin Random House for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

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FIRST THINGS FIRST, I DO RECOMMEND THIS BOOK EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THIS REVIEW SOUNDS LIKE I DON’T

Second things second, although I really liked reading this, there were things that could have made it stronger.

Similar to other books by Adrienne Young (Fable, Saint, Spells for Forgetting), there are a lot of references to things that have happened in the past that could have had a lot more impact had their been (more) flashbacks, or even dual timelines / diary entries, something. I’m being SHOWN things that are happening in the current story, but I’m being TOLD about things that have a lot of bearing on what’s currently happening and that disconnect keeps me from ever being fully invested in the story, if that makes sense?

Also, in the name of all things Aslan, can we please please please stop using “I can’t tell you the answer to the direct question you’re asking me because it’s too dangerous” when it is, in fact, not too dangerous and makes literally zero sense because you’re now putting the character in more danger because they have literally no idea what’s going on?

(Also also, at a certain point I legitimately just stopped trying to make the fantasy aspects make sense because they didn’t and it made me happier just to pretend I understood and keep reading.)

But all of that being said - I loved the idea of this book and even if it’s not going to be a forever favorite, I still really enjoyed reading it and there were one or two things that were legitimately jaw dropping moments and I LOVE having that in books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Mental illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Blood, Abortion, and Pregnancy