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The Groomer by Jon Athan

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ravvyyynn's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was so crazzyyy. It was such a good book and brought awareness to A LOT of stuff I’ve never even heard of. I don’t think I’d do anything differently than Andrew to find my children. Definitely a lot of gory details so if you don’t like that kind of stuff, it’s not for you.

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lisa_butler79's review against another edition

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dark informative tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

The Groomer - Jon Athan

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Started 28/6/2022
Finished 30/6/2022

Im deeply ashamed to say I so enjoyed this book even though my brain was screaming what the fuck are you reading.

This is one of the most horrific, dark, shocking books I have ever read but I couldn't put it down. In fact that's a lie, I had to rest between chapters to give my head and heart a break.

The first couple of chapters were horrific, I did actually think I actually can't read anymore but I wanted to know what the dad did when his girl went missing and his point of view had me gripped because I actually could feel his pain and torment and know if I was in this situation I would easily do the same.

As a parent I'm aware of the dangers of the Internet but after  reading this I actually realised how naive I am to the dark world of the Internet and I for one took a huge lesson from this book. For that I'm grateful.

I wouldn't recommend this book to all because of the content of the book it really isn't for the Faint hearted but the topic Is real. This is actual real life and is happening out there.

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