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A review by alex_the_reader
The Summer We Buried by Jody Gehrman
3.0
To start off the review I have to say I enjoyed this book. It was well written, and it didn't avoid talking about some heavy subjects, even tho i think those heavy topics could've been pushed further at times.
This book is a slow paced thriller/mystery book, and that type of book doesn't do a lot of me.
There wasn't much thinking or guessing what happens next.
Most of the reveals I personally found predictable, so they didn't come as a shock when they happened.
Some of the characters fell flat for me, and i think Selene and Tansey were the most fleshed out characters of the book, while characters like Zach and Jupiter were one dimensional in my opinion.
Other than the thriller/mystery aspect of the book there is also the romance part that i didn't love. It used the insta love trope to set up the romance and i find that to take away from what could've been a good romance. Romance wise I'm glad it took only a small portion of the book, and the rest didn't involve it.
The ending was okay, but it wasn't anything to unexpected.
Also topics of mental illness are mentioned in the book, especially BPD but in my opinion it was very surface level and based on the basic symptoms of that disorder, and i felt that if the author was already mentioning it they could've at least put a bit more substance in that conversation.
Overall, even with the issues i have with this book, reading it i have to say i had fun and i wanted to see what will happen by the end.
Trigger Warnings included in this book are topics of mental illness, sexual assault, abusive relationships.
- Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.
This book is a slow paced thriller/mystery book, and that type of book doesn't do a lot of me.
There wasn't much thinking or guessing what happens next.
Most of the reveals I personally found predictable, so they didn't come as a shock when they happened.
Some of the characters fell flat for me, and i think Selene and Tansey were the most fleshed out characters of the book, while characters like Zach and Jupiter were one dimensional in my opinion.
Other than the thriller/mystery aspect of the book there is also the romance part that i didn't love. It used the insta love trope to set up the romance and i find that to take away from what could've been a good romance. Romance wise I'm glad it took only a small portion of the book, and the rest didn't involve it.
The ending was okay, but it wasn't anything to unexpected.
Also topics of mental illness are mentioned in the book, especially BPD but in my opinion it was very surface level and based on the basic symptoms of that disorder, and i felt that if the author was already mentioning it they could've at least put a bit more substance in that conversation.
Overall, even with the issues i have with this book, reading it i have to say i had fun and i wanted to see what will happen by the end.
Trigger Warnings included in this book are topics of mental illness, sexual assault, abusive relationships.
- Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.