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Hemlock Island

Kelley Armstrong

3.47 AVERAGE

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naynayreads's review

2.75
dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

nellibeans's review

4.0
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

staceofbase13's review

4.0
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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abelle's review

2.75
adventurous emotional mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

This was my first book for Summerween and it was a great fit. It's set on a remote island in Lake Superior, without any phone lines or service. The owner has to rent it out in order to not sell the island she loves, however when strange things occur she goes out to investigate. She's surprised by others who show up to help and very quickly the strange occurrences escalate. This was very atmospheric, eerie, dark, and intense at times, I loved it.

deesboots's review

4.0
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

acriswell23's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ap_87's review

3.0

Parts of the book had me really invested in the mystery and at times I wanted to give it 4 stars. But other parts wasn't quite in my taste, mainly how the paranormal part of the book was done. So I'll say I'm stuck at a rating between 3-3.5.
It would make a nice halloween read.
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes