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dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I don’t want to say too much because it’s better going into it partially blind, but I will say this: it’s very graphic in places. A lot of the content is dark and massively messed up, and that’s either going to entice people or put them off.
Plot: involves the family of a missing young woman and a theme of ‘is it better to know what happened or remain ignorant?’.
I was fairly meh for around the first 25% of this book. Then there was an ‘oh shit’ moment. Followed by several more ‘oh shit!‘ moments at increasing volume. Then the last 75% was ridiculously gripping.
Amazingly tense, very fast to read writing style (might’ve helped with not inspecting potential plot holes too closely though – I suspect that on a reread some plot stuff wouldn't hold up as well), great character development, and it makes you fear for the characters and feel for them.
Plot: involves the family of a missing young woman and a theme of ‘is it better to know what happened or remain ignorant?’.
I was fairly meh for around the first 25% of this book. Then there was an ‘oh shit’ moment. Followed by several more ‘oh shit!‘ moments at increasing volume. Then the last 75% was ridiculously gripping.
Amazingly tense, very fast to read writing style (might’ve helped with not inspecting potential plot holes too closely though – I suspect that on a reread some plot stuff wouldn't hold up as well), great character development, and it makes you fear for the characters and feel for them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
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