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4.49 AVERAGE
4.49 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Abandonment
Awesome. Took me an embarrassingly long time to realise it was based on David Copperfield. Not an easy ready - some deeply depressing, dark times.
Ahhh!!!! This is soooo good!!! The story takes off right out of the gate and doesn’t stop. The audiobook is 21 hours long and I could hardly wait to hear what happens next the entire time.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Death of parent
challenging
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very well written, string character development. Super sad topic and hard to read at times, but was root g for Demon the whole time. Ending is happy!
This book absolutely gripped me in the beginning. The story of this kid going through a tough home life and then different foster families, trying to survive in any way he can, it was all great. The second half of the book really lost me. The writing was consistently great throughout but the story grinded to a halt during one part and then what you expect to happen happens and there are no surprises or shocks. The narrative choice of having the main character tell you the past while also heavily foreshadowing what happens later killed any suspense. I also disagreed with the ending. The first half of this book was a 4/5 but the second half was a 2/5.
beautiful & bleak, precise prose & brutal plot, grief and love in equal measure
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced