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challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
A really in-depth exploration of a dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship, and a book where all the characters are awful in different ways (unless that’s just how the narrator wants you to see them…). It took me a while to get into this book, but the final climactic chapter was so worth it. The whole book as this claustrophobic feeling of being trapped in an uncomfortable situation, and not many books have made me feel so much dislike and sympathy for the characters and the same time.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia, Pregnancy, and Child abuse
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Suicide
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