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evilwizard's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Dementia, Murder, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This book is not a thriller. I expect thrillers to be stressful in a way that's tense, and, well... thrilling. This book is stressful in a vaguely uncomfortable sort of way, like making eye contact with a stranger in the produce department and then trying not to meet them again in every aisle for the rest of the store.
I did really enjoy how the writing incorporated the narrator's increasing dementia, leaving us wondering a bit along with the narrator what was really going on, but providing enough context clues to keep the readers from being totally lost. And of course, I always appreciate the experience of being inside the head of someone whose brain works differently from mine. I wish this book had been edited and marketed as more of literary mystery, because I think I could have enjoyed the story a lot more without the false attempt to 'thrill' me.
I did really enjoy how the writing incorporated the narrator's increasing dementia, leaving us wondering a bit along with the narrator what was really going on, but providing enough context clues to keep the readers from being totally lost. And of course, I always appreciate the experience of being inside the head of someone whose brain works differently from mine. I wish this book had been edited and marketed as more of literary mystery, because I think I could have enjoyed the story a lot more without the false attempt to 'thrill' me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Dementia
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
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