Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - The Family Remains

A really quick and mostly easy read. Didn’t enjoy it anywhere as much as the first one though and didn’t really get a sense of the story being ‘complete’.

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sleeson's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A solid sequel. Closure on everything. Happy with the outcome for each character. Well not every character. Except Henry. He needs some 24/7 professional help. Moderate sexual context.

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manonschuur's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No

3.5

Ik vond het boek minder leuk dat het eerste boek omdat je al weet wat er gebeurd is waardoor het boek op sommige vlakken wel voorspelbaar werd. Er zaten wederom meerdere verhaallijnen in die aan het einde samen kwamen alleen aan het begin snapte ik de functie van 1 verhaallijn niet helemaal die ging over iemand die buiten de familie stond, maar getrouwd was met de ex-man van Lucy. Aan het einde werd het wel duidelijk waarom die verhaallijn nodig was, maar ze hadden hele delen van die verhaallijn kunnen schrappen en nog had het verhaal logisch gebleven. Verder was de helft van t boek ook over iedereen zoekt iedereen en steeds ontweken ze elkaar en dat was wel een beetje boring. Vond het einde van het boek eigenlijk pas leuk worden. Verder zaten er zaten wel een aantal shockers in het boek waardoor het niet volledig voorspelbaar was, maar waarvan 1 echt onverwachts kwam. Had het einde alleen niet zo verwacht en ik weet niet of ik het zelf zo had laten eindigen... Over het algemeen vind ik het wel een leuke toevoeging waardoor het verhaal wel compleet werd.

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librariangeorgia's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I honestly feel honoured to have gotten a copy of this arc - it’s one of the few 2022 titles I was highly looking forward to reading.

I’ll be honest, it took me a few chapters to get into this one. But that is purely because it’s been so long since I read the first book, that I’d forgotten what had happened and ended up rereading the last couple of chapters of THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS.

After that, I absolutely flew through this. I found it gripping and it really kept me guessing, especially with there being multiple perspectives from different time periods that haven’t been made clear as to how they are linked.

There were a lot of references in the first quarter to the previous book which really helped to refresh my memory as to who all the characters were (and there’s quite a few!) and what had happened to them but it wasn’t too obvious what was being done.

I am so glad to get the full story as to what happened in THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS and to see how their lives progressed after it. Getting to know the new characters was really interesting as you think you know it all after the chaotically toxic family reveals in the previous book but apparently that wasn’t enough. I really liked how all the storylines were linked together and I am especially curious about that ending. I do wonder if there is a third book in the works - I certainly wouldn’t complain if there was!!

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