himpersonal 's review for:

The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This is not what I expected, and as the story became clearer, I found myself more and more impressed, more and more mesmerized. Aside from Eric, who felt like an unnecessary character, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and will want to reread it again someday.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Classism