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dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is, as the author says in the acknowledgments, “a book about haunted mineral water”.
I found the ending unsatisfying but maybe that’s that “leave them wanting more” I hear about.
The descriptions were amazing, especially of the outdoors scenes, the springs, the woods, the storms. But the hotel and the people (and visions) really came to life as well.
I didn’t like the music and sound effects on the audiobook, they were distracting and felt incongruous.
I found the ending unsatisfying but maybe that’s that “leave them wanting more” I hear about.
The descriptions were amazing, especially of the outdoors scenes, the springs, the woods, the storms. But the hotel and the people (and visions) really came to life as well.
I didn’t like the music and sound effects on the audiobook, they were distracting and felt incongruous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Addiction, Mental illness, Alcohol, Racism, Toxic friendship, Racial slurs, Murder, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Vomit
The N word is said more than once. Two characters see or hear things that are not there (sort of). This is a ghost story, but some supernatural aspects strongly mimic drug addiction as well as mental illness (voices in your head etc).
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