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Sign Here by Claudia Lux

64 reviews

ofpagesandparagraphs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Murder, Body shaming, Sexual content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Child death

laceydaisy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Self harm

symabee's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Sign Here and was shocked to learn this was the authors debut novel. It is a dark comedy, a murder mystery, a coming of age tale, and a moving story about humanity and love, all rolled into one. I love the way this author writes and look forward to her future books. 

Things of note:
✅️ Short chapters
✅️ Lots of alternating POV 
⚠️ Check content warnings. While this book can be humorous, it also contains a lot of dark subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Infidelity, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Gore, Kidnapping, Cancer, Pregnancy, Drug use, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury

dayslife143's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

This book did such a great job making you want just a little more. Giving you all the pieces of the puzzle but no clue what the final picture is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, and Child death

caitcosentino's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

• First half was better than the second half
• Concept is great, but the execution is a little all over the place 
• Cal's backstory was a little much
• Reminded me of 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, but better
• Definitely a heavy book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape

wai's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

I figured I would like this book, but it still really surprised me. A lot of twists and turns that I thought I had figured out but turned out to be wrong about. It keeps you guessing until the end. With very intriguing world building around Hell and selling your soul, and dark humor, it's worth the read if this is your thing. Please mind the content warnings as it does contain many triggering concepts and descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Grief, Cursing, and Gun violence

Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Blood, Suicide, Eating disorder, Bullying, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy and Pedophilia

cassroberts89's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Okay, not quite the humorous book I thought it was going into it. I still loved it! The world-building was phenomenal for such a quick read. Short chapters keep the pace moving very nicely, which is good because any slower and it would be hard to keep up with the very different storylines. Cal’s story/background was just a tad weaker than all the others, but it paved the way for a great ending. Be careful not to read too many reviews and spoil some of the twisty bits; they come out of left field and are very well done!

Be warned, there are a few uncomfortable parts. My main qualm was with the borderline-ped behavior of Silas. I understand the why after finishing the book, but it’s still icky and I don’t think it was wholly necessary for the story to unfold the way it did. 

4.25 stars ⭐️ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, and Self harm

Minor: Pedophilia and Suicide

dizie_lizie's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide

gabedon's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

I have complaints about this book but I kept reading and felt drawn to the actual plot. The writing style wasn't my favorite: the dialogue was unrealistic, there were too many exclamation points, it was trying too hard at times, and some of the characters felt 2-dimensional (KQ; Trey; Sean, at the beginning). It began as a 2-star but as I continued, it bumped up to 2.5, and then my final rating of 3. It was doing a lot at once but the main plot interested me, was easy to read a lot at once, and I wanted to see how it would end. I would try reading this author again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Drug use, Pregnancy, Self harm, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

lauramparis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Grief, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Bullying, Body horror, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Blood, Eating disorder, Cancer, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Suicide