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Þernan by Nita Prose

275 reviews

anapthine's review against another edition

4.0

funny mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder

alanna23's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

4.0

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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   Molly, a neurodivergent maid, finds the rich and mean Mr. Black dead in his bed. It turns out he was murdered. And Molly ends up under suspicion for his murder. But some of the people at the hotel are not who they seem. And they may have used Molly's neurodivergence to their advantage. 
   I enjoyed this book quite a bit. I know some said it was inconsistent, but I find that, as a neurodivergent person, I can see how her seemingly very shifting rules don't shift as much as they seem to do to some people. I know that certain rules in my mind are different than how a "normal" person may have their rules. And once you get to the end it all makes sense, at least to me. 
   I didn't guess the killer, though I guess another one of the "plot twists" (the one with her grandmother.)

Narrator Rating: 3.5 stars
  She did a decent job but for most of the book she had kind of pout to her voice which was childlike and annoying for a 20-something woman.

Elemental Levels:  Fluff-3.5/5  Heartfelt-3/5   Helpful-NA     Horror-NA  Inspiration-NA  
Love aka Romance-2/5   Mystery-5/5     Predictability-2.5/5   Spice-NA    Suspense-2/5    Tear- 3/5  Thrill-1.5/5  Humor-1/5 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism, Deportation

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement, Medical content, Pregnancy

savreads28's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail

the_bookish_hungarian's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Terminal illness, Death of parent

Minor: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

2.75

mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I struggled with how to rate this. I loved the premise and initially loved Molly but I felt like she very quickly became a caricature (think Amelia Bedelia). The story relied mostly on Molly not picking up social cues/situations but then other times she understood things that seemed to be more metaphorical than what she normally understood. Regarding the ending

I think this could have been a 3.25 if the book stopped at the end of chapter 24 when Rodney is being arrested while Molly is in the cafe, I really thought that was the end and was shocked when it kept going. I also feel like the scene of Molly killing her grandmother was so out of place and very sinister given that Nan tried to stop her and she kept going. Very weird tone wise for a book with such a candy sweet ending. Don't get me started on the nonsense romance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Deportation

taylorp0113's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Physical abuse

bedwellbooks's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I thought this was a great read. The main character obviously is on the spectrum and since you are reading from her point of view, it sheds light on how certain situations can become dangerous. people on the spectrum can have difficulties in social situations which is exactly how Molly became framed for murder. I really liked this story because it shows the flaws in the justice system relating to people with disabilities. It also has a twist at the end, but I thought it could have been executed better. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Classism

shesflippinpages's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Deportation

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

miniingrid's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nunca pensé que la protagonista de un murder mystery iba a darle un abrazo reconfortante a mi yo adolescente. Con algunas diferencias, pero menos de las que me gustaría...
Ha sido un viaje interesante. Gracias por tanto, Molly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Alcohol, Deportation