A review by the_crooked_neighbor
The Last Heir to Blackwood Library by Hester Fox

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

This book stressed me out. I wish the description more accurately portrayed what the book would be about and I wish it had trigger warnings. I take part of the blame for not checking more thoroughly beforehand. If you like mysteries with psych horror elements you might like this. If you saw this and thought, "I love books about books," take a strong pass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Dementia

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Torture, Medical trauma, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, and Sexual content

A heavy focus of this book is

memory loss. As we see the story through the eyes of the person with memory loss, it builds a tense sense of anxiety as we see her struggling to confront the fact that she is slowly losing her mind. Proceed with caution if loss of autonomy and sense of self will trigger you.