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Sign Here by Claudia Lux

70 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

mxbadger's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Minor: Infidelity

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

darkhorse488's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Pedophilia

katymat18's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, and Violence

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

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

fionamatilda's review

dark funny mysterious reflective tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Alcohol, and Eating disorder

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

crweber25's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

I loved the concept of hell, and peyote, and the systems in place. I didn't care for the Harrison's story, except in the way that it tied into peyotes plot line. I also think I misunderstood the summary and thought this would be funnier in overall tone. There were a lot of witty jokes that I enjoyed, but I didn't realize that this wasnt a comedy overall. 
Overall this was written well, and it kept me reading even when I discovered it wasn't quite what I had anticipated.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Violence, Death, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide, Child death, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming