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Awake by Natasha Preston

4 reviews

taliatalksbooks's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Awake by Natasha Preston was one of my favorite books by this author. If you’ve been following me for a while you know I love Natasha Preston books, and this one was no exception. I’m fascinated by cults, so this plot was right up my alley. Not only was this perfectly paced, it had the right amount of creepiness to genuine nature. The characters were well balanced, and their actions felt justified given the constraints of the novel. While I think there were a few moments where I questioned whether or not the main character really wouldn’t have suspected anything, but everything was within the realm of reasonable deniability(meaning just because I would have been suspicious about something, doesn’t mean that someone else would have been). Again, I think cult behavior and mentality is an interesting topic of study, and I think the response of the individuals at the end of this novel was a really refreshing take on how victims of a cult are viewed and treated. Personally, I know Preston’s novels aren’t for everyone, but I really enjoy them as quick, pallet cleansing thrillers. If you’re going to give one of Preston’s novels a read, this would definitely be a good one to start with. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved this book. It was a very fast read. The characters are great. I would've loved to know what exactly happened to Evelyn but as the Story wasn't about her I feel the ending was perfect for the story. It was a little predictable in a way but I didn't feel it took away from the story at all. I would definitely recommend and could see myself rereading this again in the future.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Medical content

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, Car accident, Death, Torture, Alcohol, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Kidnapping and Confinement

Cult/Cult behavior

jenna_justi2004's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Bullying, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Terminal illness, Blood, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Self harm

harmonica7840's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence