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Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
All in all not a terrible read, but definitely not one I would recommend.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
I was dissatisfied with the ending and parts of the book were difficult to read and probably did not need to be that graphic.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Abortion
Moderate: Gore, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
It's the kind of book that makes you hold your breath. It's like getting gut punched and then asking for more. And then when you get lured into a false sense of security you get punched again. It's the kind that literally had me screaming, crying, throwing up. I've never felt so dirty and cursed reading something. This was probably the emotionally heaviest book I've ever read. It was also the most realistic representation of the feeling associated with the themes that I've ever read too.
I don't know what dark corner of hell Lucinda Berry drew this from but its regretably, horribly addicting. I try to reserve my 5 stars for books that really have changed my life but I literally cannot walk away from this book not changed. My skin is still crawling.
10/10 gut punch me again Lucinda.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Infertility, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
***spoilers included***
⚠️ Sexual violence, teenage rape, murder, self harm
🔸 John stalks teenage girls over Internet by checking in their whereabouts before finally kidnapping them and locking them in his basement. He is a serial rapist interested in exploiting virgin girls. Story is about 2 girls Ella and Sarah who have been held captive for months & years but are able to finally set themselves free. What follows is their diametrically opposite accounts they share with FBI when asked what John did to them.
💖 Wows - Its a page turner. But except that hardly anything that I liked about this one so we will straightaway move to Ows section 😀.
💔 Ows -
🫤 I kept on waiting for John’s POV, his past, his justification/ logic but the book gives nothing; just nothing. I could not even gauge what age he is.
😡 The vocab and grammar is bad, real bad. Every other chapter has “I lay on the bed motionless”, “I step back to the bed and lay down.” You don’t lay on bed; you lie on bed. Lay is used for things; lie is the verb you use for living beings.
😔 Writing is plain and flat. Sentences read “She puts her hand on my back. I flinch. Struggle more.”, “He checks his watch. A thick plastic one.” Like seriously??
😏 None of the characters are likeable. Don’t get me started on Ella’s mom, Jocelyn. She needed more counselling than Ella.
😳 2 POVs with 2 different timelines is ok but every chapter titled as Sarah Then/Sarah Now and Ella Then/Ella Now was 🤯
🤬 This book does not have suspense, mystery or twists. There are only 2 twists & first one is revealed when you are 15% in.
I disliked many things which kept on pulling down the ratings.
💫 If you are a hardcore thriller fan & have read lots of thrillers already, this will not fit your bill & will leave you frustrated. If you have started this genre recently, look at TWs and this will be a good read. ⭐️⭐️✨
Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abortion, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail