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4.0
This book was so shocking at times but at the same time you almost knew that this would always end on one of two ways. It was also a crazy and confusing ride at time. Even though I have read the final chapters twice, I still feel that there is a hole that has not been filled in. We have Anna who is in her 30s who lives with Dermott and finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. Dermott is a mess - a heavy drinker with no real prospects. Anna herself has no permanent employment having been a temp for a charity that deals with refugees for the past 8 years. As a child she was found abandoned in a handbag but was adopted by a loving couple so had a happy childhood until her mother was killed in a tragic accident which prompted her father to send her to boarding school. Therefore now that she is pregnant she decides to find her birth mother. Lilith Marlene - call me Ma - is everything Anna hoped she would be -pleased to find her long lost daughter, wealthy and influential. She also finds she has a step brother and sister - Ben and Hebe. But everything begins, very quickly to get very weird and Ma turns into a bit of a monster. There are some graphic and unpleasant scenes and all sorts of trigger warnings. You feel so angry because Anna is so passive but given her background, maybe that can be explained, she is wanting her mother to love her her but ... As the book nears the end, the craziness escalates and you question some of the actions of the characters. For me, I was hoping for more of a psychological thriller. However, if you enjoy dark novels where every action makes you gasp - this is for you.
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