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O Projeto by Courtney Summers

61 reviews

permanme's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and Car accident

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

 Just once I'd love to read a book about someone who is pulled into a cult that the founder/leader doesn't care about. It seems like in every one of these stories, our protagonist is irresistible to the cult leader, and while I know that they're trying to draw them in and make them part of a "family" I just can't imagine that it happens to every person.

Anyway, the plot was fine. I'm still not sure why some things were relevant, but it was decent. This felt like it was weirdly caught between being YA and being an adult book. I feel like being YA just held it back from being a bit more fleshed out, and I wish Summers had just written it as a general novel, rather than YA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Sexual content and Blood

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Grief, and Pregnancy

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

This wasn’t what I was expecting. It was enjoyable but not as dark or thrilling as I thought it was going to be. I didn’t really like how it was told because I felt like you couldn’t connect to the characters and their storylines as much. Also until the end we didn’t get to really see how bad the cult was. Also a certain part in this just doesn’t make sense it’s a spoiler so don’t read this but I don’t understand why she would just join it after fighting them for so long. Overall it was enjoyable but nothing amazing like Sadie was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

kayewa's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

efarm5's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I liked this book a lot. It was dark and twisted and so well written that at one point I was truly starting to understand the pull of The Project. I’ve never felt that strong of a connection to what a character was also feeling or truly understanding the emotions that would bring someone to a cult. The jumps in narrator/time could be a little jarring but ultimately the way everything unfolded was logical. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Car accident

Moderate: Death of parent

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a strange little book, but not in a bad way! The story kind of meanders along, not quite directionless but not quite as driven as its protagonist is. I love a good split timeline and this book utilizes the device well, and the characters were well fleshed out. What it lacks in thrill it certainly makes up for in mystery and a compelling, touching story about family, love, connection, and devotion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Car accident

onemamareads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Read my full review here: https://onemamassummer.weebly.com/book-reviews/the-project

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction and Death of parent

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and War