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tyr2607's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Hate crime, and Gun violence
Moderate: War, Suicidal thoughts, and Death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Pregnancy
fireside_reads's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping
Minor: Miscarriage and Death
nodogsonthemoon's review
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, and Kidnapping
Moderate: War, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
lizcaruth's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Death
linesiunderline's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.5
This book was not what I expected. It is pitched in many reviews as a thriller, and I think many thriller readers who go into it with that label in mind will be disappointed, because it’s much quieter in feeling overall than most thrillers. It’s more character study than page turner.
The short chapters gave this book a fragmented, urgent feeling. While the slim length leaves you with a sense of parts of the story remaining unexplored, untold, uncertain, and this is perhaps a part of the point of the novel, I wouldn’t have complained if it was longer.
Read this book if you like an evocative sense of place, complex sibling relationships, narratives about moral dilemmas, lyrical writing, and stories that invite you to contemplate the complexity of humanity.
The short chapters gave this book a fragmented, urgent feeling. While the slim length leaves you with a sense of parts of the story remaining unexplored, untold, uncertain, and this is perhaps a part of the point of the novel, I wouldn’t have complained if it was longer.
Read this book if you like an evocative sense of place, complex sibling relationships, narratives about moral dilemmas, lyrical writing, and stories that invite you to contemplate the complexity of humanity.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence
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