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Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Gaslighting
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol
I see a lot of reviews saying that this book was predictable, even quickly predictable. I have to disagree, although I acknowledge that it might just be because A. my brain is weird when trying to guess things and B. I don't read this kind of book often. By a third into the book, I was spread between multiple different theories;
There is one thing I did notice and liked about the story:
Overall, the book wasn't the best, but I still recognize it as being solid and not a waste of time either. Maybe not everything worked out as I'd hoped, but it didn't fall apart into a mess.
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent
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, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment
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: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting
Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dementia, Stalking
My biggest issue:
My second issue was that Laurel doesn’t really seem to care for her 2 kids who were still alive. She compares Ellie to Hannah FAR too often, and doesn’t talk to her son. I wish she had some sort of reckoning earlier in the book, and I wish Hannah confronted her about it. But I’m glad her ex-Paul did. Because Laurel kept seeing herself as the only one suffering but like Paul said, she abandoned her family once Ellie disappeared.
Other than that, this was another solid mystery.
Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping
Moderate: Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Suicide, Murder
Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting