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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is not for the faint of heart. There's mental illness and murder. McGinnis writes an empathetic portrayal of a main character, named Neeley, who has auditory hallucinations and is grieving the death of her mom and brother and the abandonment of her father. Neeley starts a summer job as a tour guide at a cave, and notices that her auditory hallucinations don't follow her underground while she's in the cave. When Neeley's crush Mila (who is also her coworker) ends up dead, she tries to figure out what happened to Mila with the help of a hallucination of a deceased local cave adventurer named Margaret.
This book is very dark, and I would not recommend this book to squeamish readers because of its detailed descriptions of suicide, torture and death.
This book is very dark, and I would not recommend this book to squeamish readers because of its detailed descriptions of suicide, torture and death.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness and Suicide
Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Animal death