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“He’d had to do that twice. Hold the woman he loved in his arms as she lay dying.”
i thought i knew the killer all along. but then the final twist at the end...
there's no questioning that i love holly jackson's books, and her adult debut was no joke. it was funny, sad, mysterious and trauma-inflicting all in one. jet and billy's friendship was so cute i was sobbing when
🚫 trigger warning - death, murder, child death, blood, violence, fire
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol
Another emotional fucking rollercoaster. I knew it was coming, but goddamn did it hurt. I haven’t sobbed like that over a book in a looong time.
Holly is an absolute mastermind. I thought I knew the answer at least ten different times and I still ended up being wrong. Everything came together so perfectly, still managing to shock me even as everything clicked in my mind.
My poor, sweet Billy💔
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Suicide, Abandonment
Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Murder
Minor: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Medical content
Amazingly I actually did figure it out, and was then desperately trying to tell the characters so they could know, but then remembered they couldn't hear me. It didn't ruin the experience at all, because there are so many layers to this story. The cast is large, with most being on the unlikable end of the scale - but it wouldn't be a Jackson book without that being the case! It just makes it all the more interesting and believable.
The premise is so unique and addictive. It added to the tension, and I honestly did not want to put this book down. Even if I was reading it through tears for some of it. There are also some very funny lines thrown in, which you definitely need. Like a bit of dark humour, and this book has it in spade-fulls.
Great book. Read it now so we can discuss please.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Infidelity