talknerdybookblog 's review for:

The Connellys of County Down by Tracey Lange

4.0

emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Representation: Main character who suffers from a traumatic brain injury (leading to migraines, seizures, and compromised vision), Main character who exhibits hoarding behaviours

Mature Themes:

• Sex (alluded to, not explicit)
• Alcohol consumption and abuse (by a side character)

Possible Triggers: Yes

• Recounting of physical assault while in prison
• Main character who suffers from hoarding
• Recounting of incarceration
• Recounting of the murder of parents during a home invasion
• Police intimidation
• Recounting of car accident resulting in hospitalization of a main character
• Parental abandonment
• Recounting of the Connelly siblings’ mother dying from c@ncer when they were children

Ending:

HEA, but the resolution between the siblings was off-page, which was frustrating.