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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I would not think I would be rating this very weird book five stars but there’s a reason for the hype of this book. Yes it’s strange but the story of survival with these children is pretty interesting! I hope the sequel is just as good!
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Car accident
I find family dysfunctions so fun to read, specially this kind of dysfunctions, so twisty and dark. And I love when there's a good character to hate, that type of character that makes you so mad that you want to get into the book and beat the shit out of it.
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot, it was my first audiobook and I couldn't stop hearing it, I remember getting a bath with it in the background, but that doesn't mean I didn't find it so long and hard, probably if I was actually reading it I wouldn't have finished it, at least not so easily.
It wasn't hard in a way that it's complicated, but more that a long period of time passed in the book so it was heavy. I saw the movie later and there's an scene where I was like 'OH RIGHT, THAT HAPPENED!!' and even when that was a minor moment in the book and it still happened on the movie, I think the movie still left out a lot of things of this long ass book.
But yes, I really enjoyed it. Would I read it again? No, but definitely I'm happy I've read it once. Do I think the author's writting is good? Of course, just not for me.
Overall, I enjoyed this a lot, it was my first audiobook and I couldn't stop hearing it, I remember getting a bath with it in the background, but that doesn't mean I didn't find it so long and hard, probably if I was actually reading it I wouldn't have finished it, at least not so easily.
It wasn't hard in a way that it's complicated, but more that a long period of time passed in the book so it was heavy. I saw the movie later and there's an scene where I was like 'OH RIGHT, THAT HAPPENED!!' and even when that was a minor moment in the book and it still happened on the movie, I think the movie still left out a lot of things of this long ass book.
But yes, I really enjoyed it. Would I read it again? No, but definitely I'm happy I've read it once. Do I think the author's writting is good? Of course, just not for me.
Thinking back at the themes of this book.. I think I was too young to read it but I think I snuck it from my mom's old collection of books, long since donated. Oops.... and yikes...
challenging
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-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:
Complicated