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i would’ve liked this book more if the plot hadn’t been so predictable and if the characters had a bit more depth. i also felt like the victims in this got washed out amongst all of the family drama, which i know is the main focus of the book but it would’ve been nice for there to be some circling back round to that and their families etc. i also didn’t like the fact that the MC had sex with someone who had *just* turned 18, as a 30 year old. it just made me extremely uncomfortable. the moral greyness of her character for me was just tipped over the edge by that act and it became unnecessary almost just to prove a point that she didn’t care about the “rules” or something.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Torture, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse
Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief
Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief
Graphic: Alcoholism, Self harm
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Dysphoria
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death
I‘m a bit conflicted about this. Maybe because I don’t usually read these kinds of books. The plot is insane. It took me a while to get into it and get used to the writing style but once I did get into it it was smooth sailing from there. At some point it really gripped me and I could barely put it down. Also, I was caught off guard by the ending, although now that I think of it I should‘ve definitely seen it coming, which arguably makes it even better. However, I‘m not a big fan of Camille, the protagonist. Although I feel for her when it comes to her relationship with her mother, which was written beautifully btw, and her self-harm, the description of which I did not appreciate as much, she is a very unlikeable and arguably flat character. She is very passive and mostly just lets things happen to her. Her opinions on certain topics are questionable at best and her occasional emotional outbursts seem very uncharacteristic to her, although to be fair that might be due to her alcoholism. She also didn’t go through much of a character development in my opinion. Her as well as the rest of characters didn’t feel very real or substantial either. Overall, I loved the plot and mostly hated the characters, but maybe that’s the point. Also, please look at the content warnings, this book can be very triggering.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body horror, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail
big CW obviously for self harm, but also from gross sexualization of minors from a 30 year old woman, one of which is her little sister lmao, and victim blaming + internalized misogyny. The main character is gross.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Incest
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment