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The Things We Don't See by Savannah Brown

3 reviews

leehillier's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Pregnancy, Violence, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Dementia

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Gun violence

grace_lola14's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

though the story and the pacing was a little messy from time-to-time, i found that i barely even cared. the prose was delicious and, in fact, many of the flaws in the organisation of the novel (skipping between rushing through major plot points, half-dipping into characters and then abruptly dropping out, scraping the surface and never really reaching out beyond the confusing shroud of mona’s head) actually just further enhanced my experience and understanding of mona as a character. because of this, her trauma was so tangible that it truly left a print on me for a while after reading.

my only real wish was that peyton wasn’t left hanging so completely at the end, and that there was some sort of resolution or reconciliation of her relationship with mona

still, no one does YA like savannah brown 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness

ashyyy's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

It started out as a protagonist solving a mystery, but quickly turned into grieving loss and self identity. I found reading Mona's perspective to be comfortable, even though she was not likeable for 80% of the book. I found Peyton and Liam to be surface level characters, kind of wish more had happened with Peyton. 
At first, I thought the climax would make me frustrated,

what with it not actually being the reveal of the mystery, but Mona's self realisation instead. However, I think that's kind of the point, that she went looking to solve Roxy's problem, but found more about herself instead. I also like that Roxy wasn't a humble person, that she had become bitter as years passed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Rape

Mona's relationship with her sister is not what you'd expect.

There's abuse, bullying and physical and mental trauma because of her. There is probably only one-two chapters that explicitly state things that Celeste did to Mona, but brief mentions are throughout. Furthermore, Celeste haunts Mona during the quiet hours of the night, bringing back memories of what happened or could have happened. If you've ever been in an abusive relationship or scenario, this might be triggering.