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A review by abbier_14
Sign Here by Claudia Lux
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- When I first started reading this book I thought it was going to be very different than it was. I thought it was going to be about this demon who lives in hell and kinda has this The Office style life but where everything is 10x worse. You do get a little bit of that but mostly his work does not take place in an office and actually on Earth or random restaurants in hell.
However, despite this i found myself hooked from the start. Its very easy to read and has a certain personal tone that makes it feel like you are reading a diary which i think helps to get you captivated in the story.
- So the plot has multiple perspectives but two story lines, one in hell and one on earth. Tbh it was kinda like reading two separate stories as the two barely connected until like the last couple of chapters. This gave me like whiplash as suddenly im on Earth and there is a very different vibe than the hell story line. The earth story line is more coming of age, family orientated murder mystery, whereas the hell story line is much more focused on world building and how it all works.
I did prefer the Earth storyline. I was more interested in it and had more of the tropes that i like reading about. This meant that i was kind of disappointed everytime i was reading a hell chapter, but a bonus of this book is that the chapters are quite short so youre flipping from earth to hell and back quickly which is good for my attention span.
However the ending to the book was a little confusing and frustrating. I think i understand what happened now as ive read discussions on it but i was like huh? that was a little disapointing. I think there was such a high moment right at the end and then it feels as though the book suddenly stops just as its getting good. And then you get an epilogue but it focuses of the hell characters and adds to the confusion, rather than giving us an update on the Earth story which i think is the more interesting one and had the most loose ends. However the rest of this book was good enough that im not that mad at the ending not living up to expectations.
- A lot of the characters in this book were annoying, psycho, and needed therapy. I loved Pey, Mickey and Sean, I didnt like ruth but i found the situations she put the three of them in fun to read.
I am so confused that just because someone accidentally let your sister die, you would seduce his wife, send your daughter to kill his daughter, and then try and kill his wife. Like im sure time would heal the wound enough that this is a little extreme and out there.
i didnt put two and two together that Ruth was Gavin's daughter, but im so confused at how she could actually love Mickey, be her best friend and then agree to KILL her just so she can get close to her father who hasnt been in her life for years.
I hateddd Cal she was that annoying character who thinks theyre better than everyone else just because she grew up with a tough dad and lived in foster care. Had no sympathy for her because she was rude to pey, and i just wasnt interested in her story line at all.
I hated Lily she was just constantly moping in self pity and also was cheating on her marriage? like it seemed as though they just grew apart but Lily was trying to make out that Silas was a psychopath even though he was just doing normal things like not wanting to settle down as a teenager, and then becoming a good (ok apart from that lake scene) dad.
Ok so i was pretty sure my favourite character would have been Silas if he didnt have weird slightly pedophilic thoughts about how Ruth reminded him of a girl he hooked up with when he was 17. I alsooo hated that it turned out that he was actually the one responsible for the murder and his brother took the blame. Why cant we just have nice things?? why does everyone have to be flawed in this book i just want one character who does nothing wrong so my feelings dont keep getting ripped up.
But yeah i liked how this book gave you the best of both worlds with fantasy but also a coming of age summer mystery novel lol. Good read.
However, despite this i found myself hooked from the start. Its very easy to read and has a certain personal tone that makes it feel like you are reading a diary which i think helps to get you captivated in the story.
- So the plot has multiple perspectives but two story lines, one in hell and one on earth. Tbh it was kinda like reading two separate stories as the two barely connected until like the last couple of chapters. This gave me like whiplash as suddenly im on Earth and there is a very different vibe than the hell story line. The earth story line is more coming of age, family orientated murder mystery, whereas the hell story line is much more focused on world building and how it all works.
I did prefer the Earth storyline. I was more interested in it and had more of the tropes that i like reading about. This meant that i was kind of disappointed everytime i was reading a hell chapter, but a bonus of this book is that the chapters are quite short so youre flipping from earth to hell and back quickly which is good for my attention span.
However the ending to the book was a little confusing and frustrating. I think i understand what happened now as ive read discussions on it but i was like huh? that was a little disapointing. I think there was such a high moment right at the end and then it feels as though the book suddenly stops just as its getting good. And then you get an epilogue but it focuses of the hell characters and adds to the confusion, rather than giving us an update on the Earth story which i think is the more interesting one and had the most loose ends. However the rest of this book was good enough that im not that mad at the ending not living up to expectations.
- A lot of the characters in this book were annoying, psycho, and needed therapy. I loved Pey, Mickey and Sean, I didnt like ruth but i found the situations she put the three of them in fun to read.
i didnt put two and two together that Ruth was Gavin's daughter, but im so confused at how she could actually love Mickey, be her best friend and then agree to KILL her just so she can get close to her father who hasnt been in her life for years.
I hateddd Cal she was that annoying character who thinks theyre better than everyone else just because she grew up with a tough dad and lived in foster care. Had no sympathy for her because she was rude to pey, and i just wasnt interested in her story line at all.
I hated Lily she was just constantly moping in self pity and also was cheating on her marriage? like it seemed as though they just grew apart but Lily was trying to make out that Silas was a psychopath even though he was just doing normal things like not wanting to settle down as a teenager, and then becoming a good (ok apart from that lake scene) dad.
Ok so i was pretty sure my favourite character would have been Silas if he didnt have weird slightly pedophilic thoughts about how Ruth reminded him of a girl he hooked up with when he was 17. I alsooo hated that it turned out that he was actually the one responsible for the murder and his brother took the blame. Why cant we just have nice things?? why does everyone have to be flawed in this book i just want one character who does nothing wrong so my feelings dont keep getting ripped up.
But yeah i liked how this book gave you the best of both worlds with fantasy but also a coming of age summer mystery novel lol. Good read.