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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So so good. Truly the best depiction of traumatic grief from a sudden death that I’ve ever read. The blurb on the back of the book doesn’t do it justice, this book is about so much more than a ‘haunted Alexa’.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The prose in this book is gorgeous, it’s so well written. The way it describes grief, the way that it’s the widower writing to his dead wife, was so visceral and emotional.
Some things are unclear and don’t make sense, but unsure if that is my misreading things or the book just not being clear. I don’t think it matters to much as the journey is more important than the destination.
The ending seemed to come out of nowhere and then the story was over? A little bit unfulfilled in that respect, but the content of the writing made up for it, in my opinion. Not like anything else I’ve ever read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
One will power right through this one! It took me about 24 hours to read through because I could not put it down. The story is a mix of funny, heartbreaking and suspenseful. Warning for the animal lovers: a dog does die. It does become more of a focal point in the last half of the book. I personally can not watch movies with animal deaths, but in this book it’s not so bad.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Parts of this book were SO well-drawn and effective, and I really enjoyed reading it. The first section, especially, was infused with so much sorrow and unsettling creepiness, it was engrossing from the start! I'm just not sure all the pieces fit into place for the ending. I think I need to reread this one to see if I can get a better sense of its internal mechanics. It's hard to say I recommend it without having a solid grasp on it myself.
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes