3.5 AVERAGE

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

[I wrote all of this immediately after finishing the book]

What a good book, I feel like I need to stew with this one for awhile. What a plot twist to! It was so well executed and the whole book was so well written. I feel like there are so may lines that just stick with you. Honestly though, you could pull just about any line from this book and it would stand far above the most memorable lines from any other book. Anna Bailey truly is an incredible author, I'm surprised I didn't cry while reading this. So many times where I had to put my pen down and take a breather.

It started to thunder while I wrote this and now the rain is coming down hard. Somehow that feels perfect for having just finished this book.

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DNF @ 20%. This just wasn’t holding my attention at all. I don’t even remember what’s happening. I could see where it might have potential if I was in the mood anymore.
challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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DID NOT FINISH: 48%

This was a horrifying trip of content warning after content warning. Awful, graphic homophobia, racism, abuse (child, domestic), sexual assault (of a minor in at least one case), alcoholism, victim blaming (eveb telling a woman to think about what she did to make her husband hit her to avoid a repeat), a horrible depiction of a church full of utter hate for anyone not straight, white, and male. I did not like any of the characters. Everyone had ugly secrets. I found myself having to skim a lot of pages that were too upsetting. Life is too short to read something seemingly chalked full of “triggers” for little to no reason. 

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challenging dark emotional
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No