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erkietheturkey's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
bookish_embers's review against another edition
5.0
All I can say is that this book completely tore my heart out and put it back together all in the same breathe. Absolutely loved it! <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
sass_sass's review
4.0
Baffled
This book was thicc. The first three books in the series were around 200 pages or less, so imagine my surprise at seeing this large baby. Dang. It feels like such a departure from the first three books in a way, too, almost like the writing changed...maybe Dell's character just matured more?
Anyway, Dell's already difficult life gets more complicated. She struggles to have a relationship with the beast inside her. She struggles with a weird connection to her abuser. She struggles with facing her first and possibly greatest childhood trauma. She struggles with protecting her sun gods. She struggles with finding value in herself and her abilities. And she's stubborn, so I totally related to her.
The series is so weird to me, because the darkness in it is some of the most horrific I've read; It's absolutely disgusting and yet Dell's ridiculous inner monologue of raunchiness kind of makes it more palatable? It's odd and though I'm grateful for the storyline to be softened in this way, I'm still unsure what to think about it. Shouldn't I feel more outrage? If anything, this book leaves me confused about my own empathy. I've never read anything that has done this to me before.
Hmmmm...
So, on that perplexing note, I'll leave you to decide if this series is the one for you. I liked it? I mean, I've given it four stars, so that counts as liking it, right?
This book was thicc. The first three books in the series were around 200 pages or less, so imagine my surprise at seeing this large baby. Dang. It feels like such a departure from the first three books in a way, too, almost like the writing changed...maybe Dell's character just matured more?
Anyway, Dell's already difficult life gets more complicated. She struggles to have a relationship with the beast inside her. She struggles with a weird connection to her abuser. She struggles with facing her first and possibly greatest childhood trauma. She struggles with protecting her sun gods. She struggles with finding value in herself and her abilities. And she's stubborn, so I totally related to her.
The series is so weird to me, because the darkness in it is some of the most horrific I've read; It's absolutely disgusting and yet Dell's ridiculous inner monologue of raunchiness kind of makes it more palatable? It's odd and though I'm grateful for the storyline to be softened in this way, I'm still unsure what to think about it. Shouldn't I feel more outrage? If anything, this book leaves me confused about my own empathy. I've never read anything that has done this to me before.
Hmmmm...
So, on that perplexing note, I'll leave you to decide if this series is the one for you. I liked it? I mean, I've given it four stars, so that counts as liking it, right?
tiarockefeller's review
5.0
This book...THIS BOOK!
I am still trying to find words to accurately describe this beautiful and heartbreaking story. This book tore me to absolute pieces and then put me back together in a way that I wasn’t before!
You can tell the amount of time Sarah put into this masterpiece, this absolute work of art! You can quite literally feel her blood, sweat, tears, pain, and love throughout every single chapter! It’s as if she put a piece of herself onto every page, forever changed. At one point I was ugly crying (you know, hiccuping and sobbing) because I felt as if I was experiencing what was happening. Sarah has this amazing ability to draw you so deep into her stories with these beautiful words, that you find yourself fully immersed and experiencing things firsthand. It really played up on my daddy issues! Lol.
There is not one negative thing that comes to mind regarding this book, it’s beautifully heartbreaking. And you learn to appreciate the heartbreak throughout this story because without the pain, you don’t appreciate the sunshine nearly as much. Every single character flowed gorgeously throughout this story, and I loved all of them. I am really hoping a certain character has their own book soon!
If you haven’t read this yet, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Be ready for it to change your life, you will come out the other side with a greater understanding and appreciation for trauma and pain, because what’s on the other side of that makes it all worth it. I feel like I know myself and Sarah better after reading this.
10/10 would recommend!
I am still trying to find words to accurately describe this beautiful and heartbreaking story. This book tore me to absolute pieces and then put me back together in a way that I wasn’t before!
You can tell the amount of time Sarah put into this masterpiece, this absolute work of art! You can quite literally feel her blood, sweat, tears, pain, and love throughout every single chapter! It’s as if she put a piece of herself onto every page, forever changed. At one point I was ugly crying (you know, hiccuping and sobbing) because I felt as if I was experiencing what was happening. Sarah has this amazing ability to draw you so deep into her stories with these beautiful words, that you find yourself fully immersed and experiencing things firsthand. It really played up on my daddy issues! Lol.
There is not one negative thing that comes to mind regarding this book, it’s beautifully heartbreaking. And you learn to appreciate the heartbreak throughout this story because without the pain, you don’t appreciate the sunshine nearly as much. Every single character flowed gorgeously throughout this story, and I loved all of them. I am really hoping a certain character has their own book soon!
If you haven’t read this yet, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Be ready for it to change your life, you will come out the other side with a greater understanding and appreciation for trauma and pain, because what’s on the other side of that makes it all worth it. I feel like I know myself and Sarah better after reading this.
10/10 would recommend!
jenni's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
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