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Graphic: Death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol
Minor: Child death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent
I found that I was most drawn to the first-person narrative of
It was probably the largest cast of characters she's had in any of her books, and I think they suffered slightly as she didn't have time to explore all of them to their full potential. The ending of the novel, and the big twist, didn't feel entirely earned.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
the premise was interesting and not one i’d read before. as someone who often thinks about death/dying, it posed an interesting question of “what would you do if someone told you when and how you would die?”. i found myself worried for these characters, hoping that fate would change and that their ‘predictions’ wouldn’t come true. i was immediately invested in all of their stories and i was keen to read on to see what would happen to each. i grew attached to each of the characters quickly and was worried that they would meet the fate given to them and i didn’t want any of them to die! i think my favourite characters were Allegra, Ethan and Leo but to be honest, i liked all of them. a few characters did get pushed to the side but you expect that when you’re focusing on 7 main characters. but saying that, at no point did i feel like i’d been ‘cheated’ out of their tale.
the story, like so many of Moriarty’s books, has a twist which you feel like you should see coming and can’t believe you didn’t guess. the pacing was great and at no point was i bored or wishing for it to hurry up. if anything i took longer to read this because i didn’t want it to end!
this book hit me a lot more than i was anticipating. it had a lot of mention of death, of course, but was so much more about grief and the dealing of loss. i probably could have done with a few trigger warnings on this one as a LOT of it hit incredibly close to home but that’s just personal preference. i would say that, (and slight spoiler alert here), Moriarty writes OCD and compulsions incredibly well! not many people understand it but this was done brilliantly.
i laughed, i cried, i sighed huge breaths of relief throughout. i thoroughly enjoyed it and hope she doesn’t keep us waiting for her next novel!
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident
Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Death of parent
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Child death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child death, Death, Car accident, Death of parent
Moderate: Cancer, Suicidal thoughts