Reviews

Everything and Nothing by Araminta Hall

sacidve's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

There’s a lot going on in this book, and I actually think a lot of the plot could be something that could happen to any of us. There’s no such thing as enough caution or parents who do everything right, and this book is all about what happens when everything goes wrong despite your best efforts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

mikewa14's review against another edition

4.0

http://0651frombrighton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/04/everything-and-nothing-araminta-hall.html

abrook's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

bibliobethreads's review against another edition

3.0

Quite an entertaining story of a nanny who is not all she seems, two challenging children and a couple trying to fix their complicated marriage. Reminded me a little of cuckoo by julia crouch which I enjoyed a bit more. The ending of this book for me was a bit of a disappointment.

m3l89's review against another edition

1.0

Irritating characters. Not as menacing or suspenseful as the blurb made it sound. Nothing much happened until the last few chapters. Very disappointing.

bethc217's review against another edition

2.0

I read this book over the space of two days (although it could have easily been read in one sitting). Although I liked the book, I was lead to believe that Everything and Nothing was going to be focused more on Aggie and her psychosis, whereas Hall seems to have focused a little too much of the book on Ruth and Christian's relationship issues and less on Aggie's story. I would have probably enjoyed this book more if it were weighted the other way around. However, I still enjoyed Everything and Nothing and by the last quarter of the book I was very keen on getting to the end and seeing how the story was going to pan out, but, the main event of the story seemed to take a long time to get to and then appeared to be terribly rushed in the last dozen pages (perhaps this was a purposeful trick of time to reflect Aggie's inner torment?).
I didn't feel like the characters in this book were especially well developed. Particularly the characters of Sarah and Aggie. Additionally, I did not feel any sympathy towards the characters of Ruth and Christian, I just found them quite self absorbed and annoying.
I think this had the potential to be a very, very good story and, perhaps even 'chilling and suspenseful' (one review quote on the back of the book)...but, alas, twas not meant to be.

chaoschali's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

your_true_shelf's review against another edition

4.0

Totally agree with the general consensus - it drew me in & I wanted to keep reading. Suspense was great but when I got to 20 pages before the end, I was wondering how it was all going to wrap up so quickly. I thought another 50 pages of suspense would have made this book. Everything was too easy in the end & a bit of a let down. Overall I'd definitely recommend it, however.

readinganneshirley's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0