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Þernan by Nita Prose

275 reviews

hellokaley's review against another edition

3.5

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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This was an easy, fast mystery read. I enjoyed the second half better than the first when Molly was able to form connections and see some success. 

Overall (and especially in the first half of the book), I just felt so sad for Molly. Part of this may be my own experience with autism but I just didn’t love the plot of a neurodivergent individual being taken advantage of by many people around her. I felt sad that she was left alone when her grandmother died.

I liked Molly’s character but in my opinion, it didn’t have the perfectly quirky Eleanor Oliphant vibes that many people reference. 

Although I enjoyed the read, I probably won’t be continuing to the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder

Moderate: Drug use

agathajanemaud1908's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated

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I had a bit of trouble getting through about the first half of this book. It didn’t quite grab me in the way I thought it would from all I’ve heard about this book. I think it was because the narrator’s voice took some time to get used to. But I was hooked by the second half and eager to see how things would work out for Molly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Abandonment, Deportation

passionatereader78's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny mysterious 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: Yes

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Well written mystery! I didn't see the ending coming! Fun read! I love Molly!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship

celery's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 17%

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Didn't vibe with the writing style. I don't believe it was very good autistic representation either, the narrator/main character did not come across as autistic, she came across stupid, and they are not the same thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Classism

lydsgrace99's review against another edition

3.5

funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

seismicality's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed this book, the plot twist at the end really surprised me!  I don't think I've read a book before with the point-of-view of someone who is autistic (or at least heavily implied to be) - which is great representation for Neurodiverse folks. The depiction was well written, although I believe it fell into quite a few stereotypes - which took away from that slightly. Overall a good book :) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Grief, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Deportation

Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Infidelity, Xenophobia, Pregnancy, Alcohol

courtshutt's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was the fastest read for me this year! Easy to follow along, Such a quick moving story. Love the different point of view of our main character. The final twist was a HUGE shocker to end the story on. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use

memoirsofabooklover's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring sad fast-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: Yes

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really easy to read. did not realise mc was going to be on the autism spectrum. whilst it’s not said explicitly it’s heavily implied and it hurts having to watch her get manipulated by those around her but it was soothing to know she had others around her that did genuinely care about her
i loved the plot, really enjoyed

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Police brutality, Death of parent, Abandonment, Deportation

lilawsahar's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I wish I knew Molly because I feel like we’d be good friends. 

The author did a wonderful job of writing out Mollys observations where the reader understood what was happening even though Molly did not. I can’t wait to read the sequel. 

I can’t believe that the first Mrs. Black killed Mr. Black. I thought Molly was the culprit for sure especially after she admitted to killing her grandmother out of mercy. That would have been very “Of Mice and Men” of her. I wonder why the bartender tried to get Molly accused of murder if he was not the one who killed Mr.Black. That still doesn’t make sense. I’m also glad that Molly got justice on all the people who had wronged her. Also, Juan and Molly are so cute.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts

marissasa's review against another edition

3.5

hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Although this book wasn't what I expected going into it, I still found myself rooting for Molly the maid and hoping for the best for her. Rather than a deep murder mystery or even cozy mystery, I found this book to be more of a cozy character study of an obviously neurodivergent/autistic young woman (although it is never outright stated) with a small murder and crime subplot in the setting of a bustling, grand hotel. There were times when it was hard to read this book because the main character was so sweet and naive and so many people in her life took advantage of her or judged her for being different. The mystery part of the plot was also very predictable and the twist at the very end didn't feel like a huge reveal at all. Despite these parts, I still enjoyed seeing Molly gain a new found family and wanted her to get a happy ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail