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Sign Here by Claudia Lux

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eggbeater's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.25

Hell itself is comedic--you can never find a pen that works, you're always stepping in deep puddles, the radio only plays songs that you hate, the bar only serves Jägermeister--but life on earth can be surprisingly dark and involves a lot of child abuse, fair warning.

The short chapters, constant small reveals, and switching points of view kept me quickly turning the pages. It was messed up, but I liked it.

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twtoppings's review

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I'm not sure how far I got into the book, over half, maybe 100-some pages left. I found it disorienting, and I got lots and confused and constantly felt like I had missed something. The idea of the story is great, but the reading was not as great. The friend who recommended Sign Here told me how it all ends, and I'm disappointed by the ending. The short chapters jumping back and forth between different characters' perspectives was not fun, gave me whiplash. Or rather, just made me confused as I couldn't stay invested in any particular story because it moved too fast.
In the end, it's a bunch of the most beautiful of rich people living in Rich State, USA living between their two houses and making problems for themselves.
And I really didn't need the paedophilia.

I really liked Mickey, and would have had a strong reaction to her being killed by Ruth, but the plot of her dad being Gavin and the murder-plan sounded weak. I'm glad to have stopped reading it as Cal's story sounded like it ended in a fart. And the biggest disappointment was that Peyote was not Phillip!!! Ugh, big mislead, especially with all the talk about how time doesn't work in Hell, and Pey's last name being Harrison... I don't understand. But I didn't finish it, so there ya go.

There were some great lines here and there:
When describing Jägermeister "Lord Licorice nutting all over a Christmas tree." (ch 4).
"Hints of dinnertime and sunscreen and Lemon Pledge, the things well-loved kids complain about." (ch 15).

2/5.

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reedcodes's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

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karenreadsbooks's review against another edition

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Creepy Silas—pedophile, lusting after teenage girl. Details from his POV

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bookishchaos's review

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.75

I don't get the hype. It started off great but I struggled to finish it. None of the characters were likable and quite forgettable. The ending was super confusing and disappointing.

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darkhorse488's review

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dark mysterious tense 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

My feelings about this book are so all over the place I’m honestly not sure what to rate it. I feel like this would have been a 5 star read for me without one plotline and one brief piece of content that requires allll the trigger warnings (because I nearly threw the book across the room when I got it).

There are solid and original ideas here and I’m glad I stuck with this to see how nicely Lux tied all the plot lines together. Unfortunately, this is a debut novel that reads like a debut novel. There are too many ideas here and it needed a much heavier editing hand. I will be curious to read Claudia Lux’s future work once she gets some more writing experience under her belt. I think her future work has strong potential.

Also if you’re tempted to read this because of the “Office Space” style satirical humor listed in the description, please know the marketing for this book is WAY, WAY wrong. Sign Here is really more of a light horror, slower paced psychological thriller. It took me a bit to adjust my expectations but once I finally realized what this book was actually trying to do I appreciated it much more.

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