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Sign Here by Claudia Lux

72 reviews

blissofalife's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

If you like putting together the puzzle pieces, this is the book for you! I thought the ending was a bit rushing and lacking the narration of the rest of the book, but a satisfying end nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

graciffer's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Eating disorder, Blood, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

readingonfordearlife's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

crinolinelaphroaig's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Twisty whodunit which kept me guessing. But it wasn't LOL that Book of the Month labeled it as. Parts were more Horror with some rather graphic descriptions. Needs a ton of Trigger Warnings for things like Cutting. Mostly  I was intrigued. Family was a Train Wreck. 'The General' storyline was confusing. Ending had some surprises but mostly unsatisfying.

 Favorite Quote:
"The part of marriage that is about cleaning the kitchen floor as opposed to fucking on it."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

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

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

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Abortion, Pregnancy, 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: Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Abandonment

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

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

Minor: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

savvyrosereads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

Rating: 5/5 stars

Peyote Trip works in hell—literally—and he’s one sold soul away from a “Complete Set” and the rewards that will come with it. But when he meets newly assigned Calamity Ganon, all his carefully laid plans begin to go awry.

I had high hopes for this one, and it absolutely delivered. I was immediately obsessed with the writing style, which is equal parts hilarious and poignant, and the concept is brilliant—disturbing, fascinating, and nuanced in all the best ways.


I actually did not expect the plot to include an element of murder mystery, but given that those are my favorite books to read I was thrilled that it did. The characters and plot were incredibly well developed, and I was honestly sad to finish the book because I didn’t want to leave the world that Lux developed…a particularly weird thing to say when that “world” is literally hell, but there you have it.

In short—I need everyone to read this book, immediately.

Recommended to anyone, but especially if you like: dark humor; moral greyness; mysteries with a unique frame

CW: Torture/gore; death; child abuse; infidelity; self-harm. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

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

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

justinethereadingqueen's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Violence