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adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I devoured this book. And I would not be surprised if it is my top book of 2024. Hinds' writing is compelling, her world-building vivid and her characters lean, three-dimensional, out of the page, in all of their flawed and twisted depth.
It is dark, and not for the faint-hearted, but avoids gruesomeness and gore.
Even without the sapphic elements this is a gloriously queer book, navigating poverty, exploitation, otherness, self-realization, survival, revenge, precarity and survival.
To my delight and amazement it manages to conclude on a generally positive note, without feeling trite or forced.
It is dark, and not for the faint-hearted, but avoids gruesomeness and gore.
Even without the sapphic elements this is a gloriously queer book, navigating poverty, exploitation, otherness, self-realization, survival, revenge, precarity and survival.
To my delight and amazement it manages to conclude on a generally positive note, without feeling trite or forced.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Biphobia, Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy
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