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One's Company by Ashley Hutson
3.5
dark reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thought I was getting a silly goofy time and instead was absolutely waterboarded with trauma.

As a lover of  'lone female character spirals out of control' books I thought I'd enjoy this from the vague description, and while I expected a certain amount of trauma to be the trigger of the main characters bizarre behaviour, I was definitely blindsided by the weight of it and how much more tragic it then felt throughout compared to what I'd expected.

I also didn't realise the show was a real thing so I almost definitely was lacking context in some places which wouldn't have helped.