Take a photo of a barcode or cover
Nevertheless, she remains in the vacation, trying to follow her older sister's strict schedule and focusing on her nieces. As the vacation starts and continues it becomes clear that there's more to this villa than what was advertised in the website.
I liked that Anna was unapologetically herself throughout, even though she did bite her tongue a lot of the time around her family. She's already seen as weird and an outsider by them so it seems like she doesn't want to give them more reasons to cast her out.
The part that I wasn't satisfied with was the Italian context. I felt like there could have been more about the community but they mostly remained in the shadows, putting the American tourists at the forefront. All of them mostly want nothing to do with them (for good reason), but I needed just a bit more from their perspective, maybe one or two chapters from their point of view would have sealed it for me as a solid 4 stars.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Body horror, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abortion
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion, Suicide attempt
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Gaslighting
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
It took me so long to finish this book because I didn't want it to end. I was a little confused about where it was going in the penultimate chapter but it pulled me back in as I kept reading.
The relationship between La Dama and Anna definitely has the flags of DA so take care if you're sensitive to that.
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy
It took me a while to get into the second part of the book, after the story takes an unexpected turn. Although it was still interesting, for me it was the weaker part of the novel and made the end more forseeable, than I was hoping for it to be, after the first part.
Still an enjoyable, entertaining, well written story, which let me easily overlook some small plot holes and less convincing situations in some parts, because I had enough fun reading it overall.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Suicide, Car accident, Abortion
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol
Minor: Abortion
I found myself rooting for Anna, it feels like the haunted nature of the book is a direct reflection on the main character. - I honestly didn’t get that till the last 20% of the book which I thought was super neat.
I felt for Anna, being stuck with these ppl as family would drive anyone to be an emotional unavailable person. If you are told you are the problem your whole life it does something to you.
This book will not be for everyone, especially people that are very close to their families.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Abortion