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Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone

35 reviews

keirahelena_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicide

megwilli's review

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Incest

readbydusk's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Incest

kate_reads_books's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

This book was an interesting reading 'journey' for me. I was so close to not finishing this book. I found part one of the book veryyyyy slow. I had to really focus to stay engaged and found the story hard to follow, this isn't a problem I usually have. The descriptions of 'Mirrorland' were sometimes hard for me to picture and understand but this may be because I struggled to remain focused in the first half of the book. 
But part two. Wow. Once the story sped up and got interesting, it got REALLY interesting. And the twists! Many I didn't see coming.
There are some very graphic scenes depicting death in this story as well as other distressing content so please beware & read trigger warnings. It could easily be distressing to read for some. 
I really enjoyed this book, not as much as I was expecting as the claims and blurb hyped it up for sure, but I'm definitely glad I stuck with it and finished it as I did almost quit reading this one in the early stages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Incest, and Rape

meastoyles's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death and Murder

anna_mayes's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Mirrorland by Carole Johnstone 

 

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 

 

“‘Because stealing someone else’s air is how you breathe.” 

 

I love love LOVE this book!! I was slightly confused for a majority of this book, but I honestly don’t care because it all came together in the end and was amazing! Carole Johnstone is incredibly creative and wrote an original plot that sucked me in. Mirrorland and the old house are also characters in this story. Quite complex ones at that. I wanted to be in the house and Mirrorland, but I soon became scared of them. There were moments that sent chills up my spine. I wanted to know the ending, but I also didn’t want it to end. The ending pulls everything together and shows how powerful the imagination can be. I feel like Mirrorland also discusses how different individuals respond to trauma. El and Cat are mirror twins, but their responses to trauma are vastly different. One blocks it out, while the other remembers everything vividly. I stumbled across this book on Goodreads and I’m glad I did because it was spectacular. I got my copy from the library, but I honestly might buy one so that I can reread it! 

 

I could go on and on, but I’ll just leave it at that! If you’re reading this, then I recommend Mirrorland for you. 

 

CW: Murder, Suicide, Abuse, Child Abuse, Sexual Assault

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

verystarry's review

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting

ekclar's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt

jamierose's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

I should stop picking up thrillers. For every one I love, there's five that remind me why this isn't my genre. If you like thrillers, and can cope with some seriously disturbed family dynamics, you'll probably enjoy this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Confinement

odrib's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Incest