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jillaay_h's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol
anna_hepworth's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I struggled reading this, because I found it difficult to keep the cast of characters separate, and I wasn't every quite sure which bits were 'truth' and which were conjecture, or even which parts were past and which present. Made worse by bits suddenly rambling into other bits of past to add context.
Once i declared (about halfway through) that I wasn't going to try and remember who was who or how they all related--I felt a bit like the character with dementia who confused the son and the grandson--and just experience the writing it was much better.
There are a lot of moving parts, multiple crimes and deaths and 'who is to blame' threads. Felt more like listening to a bunch of people gossip about people I'd never met.
Once i declared (about halfway through) that I wasn't going to try and remember who was who or how they all related--I felt a bit like the character with dementia who confused the son and the grandson--and just experience the writing it was much better.
There are a lot of moving parts, multiple crimes and deaths and 'who is to blame' threads. Felt more like listening to a bunch of people gossip about people I'd never met.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Suicide
Minor: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and War
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