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Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Abortion, Death of parent
Minor: Rape
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping
Moderate: Child death, Abortion
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Abortion, Alcohol
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Incest, Misogyny, Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, War
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder
Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, War
- We get to follow the lives of Patch & Saint over a 25 year span, namely from 1976-2001.
- We start in the small town of Monta Clare, Missouri. Patch & Saint are young & friends, and they only have each other. They are outsiders & don’t really fit in with everyone else at school. One day, Patch saves a girl, Misty, from being taken by a man in the woods. In the process of saving Misty, Patch is taken himself.
- I don’t want to spoil more, so I will leave it at the story follows Patch & Saint for 25 years and how they intertwine.
- At 608 pages, this book may be intimidating to some, but the chapters are all short & digestible. It’s a slow burn, but a big payoff. Worth the read. Very satisfying ending.
- The book is a mix of genres and topics - mystery, literary fiction, love story/romance, thriller, missing girls, coming of age, & even some mentions of historical events.
- The characters are so deep, complex, & vividly captured. One of the best character studies I have ever read.
- Loved the exploration of loyalty, trauma, courage, vulnerability, family (ones you are born into & ones you make along the way), friendship, hope, grief, guilt, the different kinds of love, & more that I am missing.
- A masterpiece. The plot & characters are expertly woven together. Whitaker is clearly an expert storyteller. It all flows so well. Excellent pacing.
- Gorgeous, poetic prose. Not sure how I haven’t read any of Whitaker’s books before, but can’t wait to get his other ones.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Grief
Minor: Incest, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Abortion