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quercine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Confinement
vi_holmes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
TLDR: Scary, but the ending -- or really lack thereof -- took a lot away from it.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm and Suicide
themes of paranoia, anger management issues due to mental health, and feelings of growing insanitybrandon_the_beldam2993's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Cursing
Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death
frantic_vampire's review
- 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
Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, and Gaslighting
sunshinestark's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent
whatellisreadnext's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ.
Following her father's passing, Jane and her Mum, move from sunny California to an old decrepit house in Maine. Her mother grew up there, and they have plans to do it up and sell it on, but Jane hears bumps in the night and starts to feel that they're not alone...
Did I buy this book because the cover is incredible? Yes. Did the story live upto the cover? No. That being said, I did absolutely devour this one in less that 24 hours. It is compulsively readable and super easy to follow. I enjoyed it overall, but just felt like I was reading a lesser version of Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power.
Taking a step back, this is young adult fiction and I could totally see a teenager absolutely loving it. I just felt as an adult, it was all too circumstance. Some YA books transcend age and can be enjoyed by all, but I just don't think this is one of those books.
I usually just put trigger warnings at the bottom, but this one is deeply rooted with Jane's grief of losing her father, and although this was really well written, I think this could be quite traumatic to read for somebody who has lost a parent.
The main thing that bothered me was the ending. Yes, I figured out the mystery before the protagonist, I mean this is often a given with YA fiction, but the last 10 pages just made no sense for me in terms of the decisions made by the main character. I threw the book on my bed when I was done and if this book wasn't so pretty, I probably would have launched it across the room๐๐ปโโ๏ธ
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Grief