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jclayton's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
4.0
leesadot's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
5.0
rubyeple_y's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ngallion's review
4.0
There’s a lot to love here. The pacing is perfect and plot threads are woven together just about perfectly. Strange things slowly develop so that you may not even notice them at first, but soon you start making connections and hypotheses between all kinds of things that are going on. Unfortunately, I’m not sure that the ending is quite as satisfying as it could have been. We spend lots of time with the mother and one of the daughters, but significantly less time understanding the motivations of the father. I suppose that means that we should take the things we’re told about him at face value, but this reads in such a way that it seemed almost certain that the mother was an unreliable narrator when, in fact, it seems that was never the author’s intention. All of that knocked this down a bit for me, but I’m still going to be on the lookout for pretty much anything Ward writes moving forward.
laneychaney's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Animal death, Physical abuse, and Violence
Moderate: Drug abuse, Gore, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Violence, Addiction, Death, Child death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Infidelity, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, and Torture
Minor: Infertility
ksc2303's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0