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Sign Here by Claudia Lux

15 reviews

amplawrence's review

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual content

blissofalife's review

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

If you like putting together the puzzle pieces, this is the book for you! I thought the ending was a bit rushing and lacking the narration of the rest of the book, but a satisfying end nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Grief, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

symabee's review

adventurous dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

I thoroughly enjoyed Sign Here and was shocked to learn this was the authors debut novel. It is a dark comedy, a murder mystery, a coming of age tale, and a moving story about humanity and love, all rolled into one. I love the way this author writes and look forward to her future books.

Things of note:
✅️ Short chapters
✅️ Lots of alternating POV
⚠️ Check content warnings. While this book can be humorous, it also contains a lot of dark subject matter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

cassielaj's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book surprised me in a lot of good ways! I didn’t know what to expect, but what I got was a twisty, shocking tale full of cynicism and hope, darkness and heart. And best of all, this book really makes you think: about goodness, about love, about choices. 
I was impressed with all of the threads the plot kept up with. I guessed some things along the way, but a lot of it still ended up surprising me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Alcohol

This book is about Hell, and in some ways it’s what you’d expect… do with that what you will

lklitup's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Not at all my typical go-to book, but hey— it’s spooky season! I’m so glad I went outside my comfort zone; and given the premise of this book, I stayed there.

Claudia Lux does a superb job of building two worlds and the characters within. I had a nagging suspicion that SOMETHING was about to happen, but I couldn’t figure out who, or to whom, or what it would be. I felt somewhat rushed along at the end when both storylines were coming to a conclusion, and while I felt surprised (in a good way!) by the end, I realized after some thinking I had lingering questions about some plot holes.

Am I going to dive head first into this spooky suspenseful genre? Nope, I’m going right back to rom coms, thank you! But I will recommend this book, and I will keep an eye out for anything else this author writes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Grief

Minor: Self harm