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Sign Here by Claudia Lux

52 reviews

nekoshka's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.25

For some reason, I went into this expecting it to be dark comedy. It’s really, really not. Also, I spent the whole book expecting Silas to assault Ruth or smth. That didn’t happen (so no adult/minor stuff, thankfully), but it was extremely creepy. 

Cal’s backstory was interesting, if a bit too convoluted. I really wanted to like Pey, but he was just too bland. 

Overall, it was dark, unnecessarily sexual and the characters a bit underdeveloped. But not bad. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicide, and Cancer

margaret721's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Body horror, Violence, Child death, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Blood, and Trafficking

jstrah104's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, and Drug use

Minor: Suicide

ashhearddwrites's review

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Self harm, Murder, and Drug use

iovreads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

this was on my tbr for awhile because the premise seems really funny, but this was ultimately not for me. gave 2 stars because i tore through it and felt interested enough to want to know what happened, but i didn’t like the journey that it took me on to get there

the below contains spoilers and trigger warning for pedophilia and self-harm

the harrison family characters were all unlikeable, except maybe poor mickey who deserved way better. silas was giving pedo vibes because why are you looking at a 14 year old showering???? also why are we going into graphic cutting scenes for basically no reason, as it didn’t further the plot or the character development of mickey at all. there would be so many ways to capture that she is an insecure teenager who is being bullied at school with no learned coping mechanisms yet. also, the whole character of cal and her back story was confusing at best. there was just way too much going on in this book, including the world building of hell, the backstory of cal, trying to devlop each of the harrison family members, the thriller twists, etc that it was just not a good read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Self harm

Moderate: War

Minor: Drug use

emilyjc's review

dark funny reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Violence

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

lal0045's review

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Self harm and Drug use

casber's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Infidelity, Cursing, Gun violence, Death, Alcohol, Child death, Eating disorder, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, Abandonment, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Abortion

waterbear0821's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed this! It started out giving me a bit of a Carl Hiaasen vibe, which I mean in the best possible way, with characters that are a bit outlandish but mostly lovable. Then it took a bit of a Gone Girl turn and the second half was indeed so tense I was desperate to know what came next. There are twists! There’s suspense! It’s still pretty funny even when it’s actually a bit scary. I enjoyed the writing. I enjoyed the characters. It’s a bit dark but it is about Hell, after all. I will definitely be looking forward to more by this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, and Torture

Moderate: Gun violence and Drug use

lizacorn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Death, Self harm, Infidelity, and Child abuse

Moderate: Gun violence, Bullying, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Sexism, Drug use, Misogyny, and Child death

Minor: Sexual content, War, and Gaslighting