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harureads's review
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Reading this book right before going to sleep was not a fantastic idea but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. This story centres around a child, Emily, who is memorialised through her murder in a small town. The book's epistolary format showed the thought process of each child that had witnessed the murder and how the consequences led them all to become murderers. I enjoyed how Minato spruced up these twists between each narrative and how their lives, after being separated, had become so interconnected. I just thought that the continuation of each person harming or causing the death of someone was a bit forced, especially since it seemed like all those incidents happened in the same timeline. The story was a reflection of how the death of someone can alter the course of the lives of people even though in a fast-paced world where every day there is a new crime, those deaths become forgotten, albeit their reality was horrifying. I personally enjoyed the grim facet of the novel and also the way I could feel as if a different person was writing each chapter just as the author intended I suppose.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Rape
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