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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Classism
I didn't accept what the police said happened. It didn't make sense .
My mom and I pinned who did it early on.
Overall I will say the book kept me glued in to see what happened.
After it was revealed what happened to Ellie, I was felt a bit "meh" about the recap.
Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Stalking
Moderate: Child abuse, Rape
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture
Absolutely devastating, fucked up, heartbreaking read. I absolutely cannot fathom that Jewell sat down and created this plot and put out this book with ease. Just when you thought it couldn't get more screwed up, it did. The worst part is, there are so many books & movies (ex. Room) that have this same plot, which means that this is something that people have experienced before. This, something that should stay fiction and never be experienced in real life, has happened to real people. It makes me sick to my stomach.
The only reason this book lost a star was because Laurel was almost TOO irritating of a character. Maybe it's because I'm not a writer, but I felt she didn't need to be this insufferable. But at the same time, if she wasn't, the book probably would've ended 10 chapters earlier.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Rape, Self harm
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping
Minor: Rape
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Stalking
Minor: Child abuse, Rape, Suicide