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Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Dementia, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicide, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Alcohol
Minor: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 🎧🎧🎧🎧/5
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Storygraph Read Around the World!!: Australia
CW: Child murder
I finished the book and when I say I ran to Libby to put holds on the rest!!
This was so good. The storytelling was excellent, the plot kept me extremely interested. I love when a mystery keeps me guessing and I was guessing right up to the end with this one.
I would have liked his flashbacks to fit within the story better, many times it took a second to realize he was remembering, and I would have to go back and start over where that change from present day happened.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child death, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence
Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault
Minor: Addiction, Incest, Misogyny, Self harm, Death of parent
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Torture
Aaron Falk faulted under the scrutiny and knowful eyes of the town after being drawn back for the horrible death of another childhood friend and his family. Suddenly, Falk isn't a detective anymore, but the timid, unsure and awkward teenager they all seemed to remember.
As Falk and the local police scowler over details of the case, readers have glimpses of the past leading up to the untimely death of Ellie.
Haunted more by the unanswered questions surrounding her death more so than the current case that pulled him back, Falk buggys from one detail to the next. Are the crimes/deaths related?
Was his close childhood friend's family death connected to their past? All these questions encompasses Falk, threatening to drive a wedge further between the town and Falk.
But Falk is relentless; digging through the secrets of Kiewarra readers and Falk eventually get to the bottom of both cases, but at what cost to the community and Falk himself?
The Dry is the first Jane Harper novel I've read. I found the plot and story interesting enough. Can't say I like or dislike Falk much. This fact is important as this is a crime series where readers follow him through these cases. The details of the Hadler's murders were horrific and I was satisfied that the murder is caught.
(i even suspected the suspect when they were introduced)
But I must admit that I was more invested in Ellie's case. I feel the ending gives readers a sense of closure by finally revealing what really happened to her, but it was not as satisfying in my opinion.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail