A review by purplesapphire
The Thorns Remain by J.J.A. Harwood

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Something about this took away too much from the story for me. It felt too drawn out, but I know why there needed to be that much extra in there. Then it threw me for a loop or two with what I expected to happen and what actually did, but not in a good way.  I almost gave up three quarters of the way through, but the end was very redeeming. I think it would be a good book to be discussed, but I also don't feel as if it was something I loved. Good overall, and worth a read especially for the
depictions of toxic relationships and how most of the book got you stuck in that relationship too. I didn't love the fact that the emotion only went from angry to weeping and there was a bit too much talk of Angus.
Some criticisms but overall a good read and I did tear through it pretty quickly so that means there must be something done pretty right about it. 
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