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“No way out but through.”
If I’m honest, I went into this book not knowing what I was getting myself into. I read We Were Liars last month and I couldn’t tell you the plot at all, I just knew I enjoyed it at the time. I think the same happened with this book.
I enjoyed this book a lot more than the first book, because I think it was easier to follow. I loved the aspect of this storyline and I didn’t see the plot twist coming!
E. Lockhart very cleverly writes a story that tells you the plot twist and the ending of the book right at the beginning, but you don’t put it together until the end. And it’s both infuriating and thoroughly enjoyable!
I did really enjoy this book, and I loved the sisterhood aspect of the siblings. I definitely got a lot more hooked in the second half of the book and read it in one sitting!
4.25⭐️ I look forward to the next book (when it’s released!)
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Homophobia, Misogyny
Minor: Slavery, Suicide, Antisemitism
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Toxic relationship, Murder, Lesbophobia, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Grief, Murder
Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, Classism
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Grief, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence
I much preferred this to We Were Liars. (Sorry Hot Key) but I really wasn’t the biggest fan of WWL and I’m glad this was better!
I listened to this as an audiobook which I think helped as E Lockhart has an acquired writing style. (It’s very literary, with short sentences and minimal punctuation.)
It’s a mystery, thriller sort of read!
Expect: family, holiday, beach, death, sea, ghosts, lies.
Moderate: Child death, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism