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summary of 13 ratings (see reviews)
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Addiction (3 reviewers), Drug abuse (3 reviewers), Sexual assault (3 reviewers), Death (2 reviewers), Drug use (2 reviewers), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Violence (1 reviewer), Death of parent (1 reviewer), and Murder (1 reviewer)Moderate
Addiction (2 reviewers), Drug abuse (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), and Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer)Minor
Alcoholism (2 reviewers), Adult/minor relationship (1 reviewer), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Sexual violence (1 reviewer), and Forced institutionalization (1 reviewer)Moods
tense 100%
dark 87%
emotional 50%
sad 25%
challenging 12%
Pace
fast 25%
slow 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 100%Strong character development?
Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 14%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 42% | No: 28% | Yes: 28%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | Yes: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
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It preys on the weakest, and young women are its favorite victims.
In Louth, they're called the Dead Girls. All Bram wanted was to disappear--from her old life, her family's past, and from the scandal that continues to haunt her. The only place left to go is Louth, the tiny town on the Hudson River where her uncle, James, has been renovating an old mansion. But James is haunted by his own ghosts. Months earlier, his beloved wife died in a fire that people say was set by her daughter. The tragedy left James a shell of the man Bram knew--and destroyed half the house he'd so lovingly restored. The manor is creepy, and so are the locals. The people of Louth don't want outsiders like Bram in their town, and with each passing day she's discovering that the rumors they spread are just as disturbing as the secrets they hide. Most frightening of all are the legends they tell about the Dead Girls. Girls whose lives were cut short in the very house Bram now calls home. The terrifying reality is that the Dead Girls may have never left the manor. And if Bram looks too hard into the town's haunted past, she might not either.
Buy Don't Tell a Soul
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Blackwell's
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It preys on the weakest, and young women are its favorite victims.
In Louth, they're called the Dead Girls. All Bram wanted was to disappear--from her old life, her family's past, and from the scandal that continues to haunt her. The only place left to go is Louth, the tiny town on the Hudson River where her uncle, James, has been renovating an old mansion. But James is haunted by his own ghosts. Months earlier, his beloved wife died in a fire that people say was set by her daughter. The tragedy left James a shell of the man Bram knew--and destroyed half the house he'd so lovingly restored. The manor is creepy, and so are the locals. The people of Louth don't want outsiders like Bram in their town, and with each passing day she's discovering that the rumors they spread are just as disturbing as the secrets they hide. Most frightening of all are the legends they tell about the Dead Girls. Girls whose lives were cut short in the very house Bram now calls home. The terrifying reality is that the Dead Girls may have never left the manor. And if Bram looks too hard into the town's haunted past, she might not either.
What the community thinks
summary of 13 ratings (see reviews)
Content warnings
Graphic
Addiction (3 reviewers), Drug abuse (3 reviewers), Sexual assault (3 reviewers), Death (2 reviewers), Drug use (2 reviewers), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Violence (1 reviewer), Death of parent (1 reviewer), and Murder (1 reviewer)Moderate
Addiction (2 reviewers), Drug abuse (1 reviewer), Mental illness (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), and Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer)Minor
Alcoholism (2 reviewers), Adult/minor relationship (1 reviewer), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Sexual violence (1 reviewer), and Forced institutionalization (1 reviewer)Moods
tense 100%
dark 87%
emotional 50%
sad 25%
challenging 12%
Pace
fast 25%
slow 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
A mix: 100%Strong character development?
Yes: 57% | It's complicated: 28% | No: 14%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 42% | No: 28% | Yes: 28%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 71% | It's complicated: 14% | Yes: 14%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating