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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
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:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is a book of siblings reconciling their past is different ways. A handful of siblings grow up in an abusive home and once discovered, are all adopted to separate families. They come back together once both parents die and leave them all the house of horrors they grew up in. Heartbreaking story. It’s told in long chapters as our main character, Lex reconnects with each sibling to get them to sign legal papers regarding the house. As she meets with them in present day, she remembers their shared past.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 Stars
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“In the first bad year, we had talked only of escape.” - Girl A.
This book follows Lex Gracie and her siblings who grew up in their parents’ House of Horrors. However, she doesn’t want to think about it or about her identity as Girl A: the one who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her siblings. Years later, when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can’t run from her past any longer. Together, Lex and her sister Evie plan to turn the house into a force for good. But first she has to come to terms with her siblings, and the childhood that they shared.
Wow this book is intense and dark. This story follows Lex and her siblings both in the past and present as they recount the abuse and neglect they faced at the hands of their extremely religious parents, and follows them in the present when they are brought together after the death of their mother. This story gets pretty dark, emotional, and has some hard-hitting twists. This story captured me from the beginning, and also felt very eerie since there have been some cases on the news of abuse similar to this story in the past couple years. That being said, there are lots of content warnings for this book, so look out for those if you need to. Overall, this was an excellent debut and I suspect it will be much talked about!
See more on my Bookstagram: Shelf.Inspiration Instagram
“In the first bad year, we had talked only of escape.” - Girl A.
This book follows Lex Gracie and her siblings who grew up in their parents’ House of Horrors. However, she doesn’t want to think about it or about her identity as Girl A: the one who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her siblings. Years later, when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can’t run from her past any longer. Together, Lex and her sister Evie plan to turn the house into a force for good. But first she has to come to terms with her siblings, and the childhood that they shared.
Wow this book is intense and dark. This story follows Lex and her siblings both in the past and present as they recount the abuse and neglect they faced at the hands of their extremely religious parents, and follows them in the present when they are brought together after the death of their mother. This story gets pretty dark, emotional, and has some hard-hitting twists. This story captured me from the beginning, and also felt very eerie since there have been some cases on the news of abuse similar to this story in the past couple years. That being said, there are lots of content warnings for this book, so look out for those if you need to. Overall, this was an excellent debut and I suspect it will be much talked about!
This was not a thriller, but a look at childhood trauma from the perspectives of siblings. I stopped reading because while it is a good concept, it was unfortunately disjointed and frankly boring
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2 stars — i mean i didn’t think it was a bad book, just not my taste. this genre is too boring for me. some parts were pretty entertaining to read but the introduction of the characters were confusing and i got lost in the time jumps sometimes. idk good story but the execution is a little sus