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Graphic: Drug use, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Death, Drug use
Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, Alcohol
The plot of this book was the main reason I picked it up and also why I kept reading. It was very intriguing and mysterious. Throughout the whole book, Jason (the original one) was very confused and so was I, but I think that was the point. The large mystery of "what the hell is happening?" is what kept me interested and kept me going. I loved the concept of
The characters in this book felt very realistic, not just 2D people who where either good or bad. They definitely added a lot to the story. I was quite upset when
Overall, I would say it was a good book and it definitely made me question my identity and reality to a certain extent. Mind-boggling stuff.
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Medical content, Death of parent
At no point could I have guessed where this book was going, it definitely had that major captivating element where you couldn't put it down and just wanted to keep turning the pages, even if it was 3am and you had to be up for work in a matter of a few short hours (not like I am speaking from experience or anything...).
Despite this being firmly in the land of sci-fi, this book is also full of emotion and heart. Our main character, Jason, feels a level of desperation as this book barrels towards its conclusion that anyone who has experienced true and authentic love can relate to. It was simultaneously heartbreaking and also deeply inspiring. It raises so many questions about what you know about your life and what you would do to find your way back to your life if it got ripped away from you in one traumatic evening. The reader is cheering along as Jason truly goes to the ends of the world (er, multiple worlds?) to try to get his wife, son, home, and job back.
I think fairly obvious here but this one really had me gripped. I finished it in two sittings and honestly it could have easily been all at once if I hadn't started it at midnight.
Yes, this book can be dark, but the journey is totally worth it.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Police brutality, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Medical content, Abortion, Pandemic/Epidemic
Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Medical content, Pandemic/Epidemic
Multiverse x midlife crisis. I would be terrified to see that many versions of myself.
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence
Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Murder
Minor: Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy
100 pages to get used to the writing.
To understand the premise and the point the author is trying to make. To give time to feel something about the characters.
I gave this one 108 pages. This book is definitely not for me.
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The writing had a subtle condescendance to it. Like when people talk AT you, not with you. The characters around the protagonist were written as something like a mirror of the protagonist's thinking. Or a plot device, rather than their own fleshed out individuals. And the protagonist himself just irked me off from page 1.
I like thrillers just fine. But life's too short and I have way too many books in my TBR to spend time angry reading a book. 😅
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol