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sophie______a's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Death of parent
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, and Murder
Minor: Grief
comefromaway's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Although the ending didn’t shock me, I liked it.
Nice enjoyable thriller
Nice enjoyable thriller
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty
outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
Kat tragically lost her husband in a car accident, which left her with facial scarring, & she moves to another part of the country to an isolated house to start anew. Things aren't going too well especially when she decides to end it all, but hits a young deer whilst driving in the bad weather. Panicking, Kat takes the deer to a local wildlife rescue & makes friends with the owner, Ginny, who is spending every hour working to try & raise money to keep the rescue open. Helping out at the rescue sees things slowly improve, & Kat joins a local group for widows/widowers called New Horizons, (known as the Coffin Club by its members), & meets Nico, who lost his wife in a boating accident. Kat & Nico are drawn to each other, but Kat especially loves being 'mum' to his young daughter, Magdalena (whom Kat calls Midge). When circumstances threaten to take them both away, Kat proposes marriage to enable them to stay. At first things are idyllic, but Kat gradually realises that Nico is keeping something from her, & when things threaten to fall apart, she wonders why she married a man she barely knows.
The narrative is all from Kat & starts off with her visiting the grave of her first husband, Sam, & recounting what has happened since he died. The reader learns that Kat really wanted children but a series of unfortunate events denied her wish to become a mother. I wasn't keen on Kat at first, & to be honest, I nearly gave up reading about a third of the way through, but I'm glad I didn't as the author really pulled it round in the ending of the book. I couldn't find any other books from the author on Goodreads or Amazon UK, so if this is their first book, then heck, it's impressive. The only thing I didn't like were a couple of instances of animal death/abuse - this was what almost made me DNF the book. I guessed some of the final twist but not all of it, & there are subtle clues along the way & I could kick myself for not picking up on all of them.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Oneworld Publishing/Point Blank, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
The narrative is all from Kat & starts off with her visiting the grave of her first husband, Sam, & recounting what has happened since he died. The reader learns that Kat really wanted children but a series of unfortunate events denied her wish to become a mother. I wasn't keen on Kat at first, & to be honest, I nearly gave up reading about a third of the way through, but I'm glad I didn't as the author really pulled it round in the ending of the book. I couldn't find any other books from the author on Goodreads or Amazon UK, so if this is their first book, then heck, it's impressive. The only thing I didn't like were a couple of instances of animal death/abuse - this was what almost made me DNF the book. I guessed some of the final twist but not all of it, & there are subtle clues along the way & I could kick myself for not picking up on all of them.
My thanks to NetGalley & publishers, Oneworld Publishing/Point Blank, for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Moderate: Sexual content
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