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A review by brewdy_reader
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
tense
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? It's complicated
5.0
๐๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐บ โข ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ โข ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐บ ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐ช โข ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ด ๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ โข ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
This book has blown me away.
An affliction that is a blessing and a curse
An unsolved decades old murder
A love that transcends distance and time
This story is told in beautiful, poetic prose that transports us instantly. Nestled into the cozy, picturesque hills of the Blue Ridge Mtns in small-town USA, Jasper is a town where everyone knows everyone, where the annual midsummer faire is a main event, and where June Farrow owns and operates her family's flower farm.
This is a tale of family and a love story and itโs also a mystery/thriller. Young deftly blurs the lines between literary genres, obliterating the normal boundaries. Her words are smooth like butter & made my multi-genre-loving heart sing.
This is a story of 5 generations of women, of the choices they make to keep each others' secrets to avoid persecution, bringing strong witchy vibes. Combined with repressed memories, premonitions, hallucinations, a curse affecting only Farrow women, and an unsolved cold case - this is the perfect spooky fall read.
I loved how we get to unravel the mystery alongside June. Young is the master of the slow reveal, balancing predictability against complexity, employing amnesia to allow June to remember things over time, and utilizing visions to make us question her reliability.
This book made me ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ! ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ - ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐๐.
An unsolved decades old murder
A love that transcends distance and time
This story is told in beautiful, poetic prose that transports us instantly. Nestled into the cozy, picturesque hills of the Blue Ridge Mtns in small-town USA, Jasper is a town where everyone knows everyone, where the annual midsummer faire is a main event, and where June Farrow owns and operates her family's flower farm.
This is a tale of family and a love story and itโs also a mystery/thriller. Young deftly blurs the lines between literary genres, obliterating the normal boundaries. Her words are smooth like butter & made my multi-genre-loving heart sing.
This is a story of 5 generations of women, of the choices they make to keep each others' secrets to avoid persecution, bringing strong witchy vibes. Combined with repressed memories, premonitions, hallucinations, a curse affecting only Farrow women, and an unsolved cold case - this is the perfect spooky fall read.
I loved how we get to unravel the mystery alongside June. Young is the master of the slow reveal, balancing predictability against complexity, employing amnesia to allow June to remember things over time, and utilizing visions to make us question her reliability.
This book made me ๐๐๐๐.
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ! ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ - ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐๐.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, and Murder