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Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol
Once I had got a grip of the characters and the timeline I enjoyed the book, with the last hour and a half being particularly good.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Addiction
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness
Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pedophilia, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Alcohol
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Blood
There’s so much going on in this book that it eventually becomes dry, noisy, and cantankerous. I figured out what happened to both children by about half way into the novel - and endured the mind numbing timeline jumps and character narrations. Along the way, we get this slip shot attempt to make a commentary on the lives of the rich and powerful families of upstate New York, rights to hereditary land (which I thought would be a discussion about stealing native land, and yet it was not), and how the rich stay rich and are corrupt to to their core. I don’t need a book to tell me that, especially in this patchwork quilt of drama.
I really ought to take this book as my sign to not read any more book recommendations I get from social media - I’m always left a little worse for wear after reading them. The only reason I gave this book 3 stars was because in spite of this novel being abominably dry, I was still engaged enough to have to think about the answers to the crimes in this book - albeit it took me half of the novel to figure it out, but hey, it was entertaining while it lasted.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Grief, Abandonment
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail