Reviews with content warning for Child abuse - Litani

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shanmcg's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

4.0

well paced and intense especially during some parts; i liked the style of writing and think it made the story work; i also think the metaphors were beautiful

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saltybeach3086's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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passionyoungwrites's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Y’all, this little girl is hard headed. She goes into the woods, talks to strangers - adults included., and eventually finds out random information that leads her to the answers that even her mother couldn’t find.

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I found this an interesting read, small town where everyone knowers everyone and secrets that you’d not think possible. Though Frankie even finds out information about her father, and eventually her mother that she would not have been able to know if she hadn’t moved to Litani herself.

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“The Game” was crazy, as it was mentioned but wasn’t revealed until the police were involved. Though three little girls invited Frankie to play, and she accepted without knowing what it consisted of. Luckily, Frankie being nosey and meeting those girls saved her in the end and really the entire town. One confession put the people responsible behind bars. And from just meeting some of the guilty ones, you couldn’t have guessed who was responsible.

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intoxicatedflower's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced

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? No

3.5

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abbuelita's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

3.5

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randalynhill's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

This book was messed up. 🫣 I’m usually a big fan of thrillers and mysteries but this took it a little too far. Lowkey had nightmares the day I finished it. 😅

It’s not an easy read and it’s not light-hearted. If you’re looking for something to make you question the sanity of the human race, read this.

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trysarahtops's review

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challenging dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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renyoi's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

At the risk of sounding demented, I think this book would have benefitted from more explicitly horrifying moments. Everything was left to imagination and interpretation, which enhanced the experience for the first 70% of the book, but when I never truly know the horrors of what happened, some of the intensity and bite is taken out of the story. It could have gone further.

That said, it was still an enjoyable, tense, mysterious read, and even though it did not have enough satanic panic-based 80s horror for me, my experience reading it was good.

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junowo's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book promised a dark, intense experience—and I would say it mostly delivered. It was absolutely a page turner, and for most of the book I struggled to put it down.

However, for me, I felt like there was so much hesitance to go into detail about the horror of what happened to the children in Litani that it left a lot unfinished. Many of the smaller plot lines were briefly mentioned in a finishing way, but left no details. I think Lourey is masterful at creating tension and discomfort for readers, but the lack of following through on that tension, as well as the way the end of the book wraps up quickly and neatly, felt a bit disappointing.

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