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hmetwade's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
mackenzi's review against another edition
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Grief and Murder
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death and Suicide
The main mystery of the book is how 17 people are killed by poisoning. Several of these people are children; it does not describe or dwell on the deaths, though because the main thrust of the book is the investigation (and the investigation of the investigation) that follows, some witnesses do comment on this a few times in through the story. There is a very brief mention of a child character hating a particular room. We don't know what happened in the room or to the child, just that the child had been forced there at some point in the past, and harbored bad feelings about it afterwards.
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