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caitlinhume's review against another edition
5.0
Strong contender for a top read of the year and it’s only March!
lenemsl's review against another edition
I should have dnf'ed it sooner, tbh, but I saw all the great reviews and kept hoping it would start getting good at some point.
Cooper comes across as a fairly unreliable narrator who is pretty delutional. He has PTSD, have severe anxiety attacks that makes him completely out of it for hours at a time and have at some point been a danger to the people around him due to flashbacks from the war, but he has absolutely no understanding of why his in laws might have a point about worrying about him being a single parent to his and their deceased daughte's baby. Instead he kidnaps said baby and take her to a remote cabin. What if he has a panic attack and baby dies? What if he dies during a panic attack? And his plan of complete isolation from the world and any education or anything till the kid is 18? Talk about setting the kid up for failure and focusing and what he wants rather than whats good for her.
Then the instalove thing? Completely lost me. Woman straight out of abusive marriage to being in love with a veteran hiding out with his young daughter in the woods, paranoid and overprotective to a fault, who wont actually tell her anything about anything. Him finding it so hot that she could cook and being a man who had urges and needs.
The last 30% of the book could have been the most mindblowing twist after twist and I still wished I had DNF'ed it sooner.
Cooper comes across as a fairly unreliable narrator who is pretty delutional. He has PTSD, have severe anxiety attacks that makes him completely out of it for hours at a time and have at some point been a danger to the people around him due to flashbacks from the war, but he has absolutely no understanding of why his in laws might have a point about worrying about him being a single parent to his and their deceased daughte's baby. Instead he kidnaps said baby and take her to a remote cabin. What if he has a panic attack and baby dies? What if he dies during a panic attack? And his plan of complete isolation from the world and any education or anything till the kid is 18? Talk about setting the kid up for failure and focusing and what he wants rather than whats good for her.
Then the instalove thing? Completely lost me. Woman straight out of abusive marriage to being in love with a veteran hiding out with his young daughter in the woods, paranoid and overprotective to a fault, who wont actually tell her anything about anything. Him finding it so hot that she could cook and being a man who had urges and needs.
The last 30% of the book could have been the most mindblowing twist after twist and I still wished I had DNF'ed it sooner.
charf47's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? Yes
4.0
kpeck283's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
akrongirl6's review against another edition
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
mrsc1983's review against another edition
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Too much of a slow burn for me, struggled getting through this one.
khowick24's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was beautiful. I honestly had no idea where it was going to go.. I tried to guess the plot line several times (none of which were correct); my heart thumped and also broke with certain chapters.. I fell in love with these characters. Its been awhile since I got to add another favorite, 5 star read to my pile but this was definitely it 💜
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Car accident and Animal death