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This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

18 reviews

mfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

This book is an incredibly tense and stressful deep dive into a toxic mother/daughter relationship with a story that references Misery, The Shining, and Psycho. As many have noted there are two major twists and I did see one of them coming but wasn’t clear how the ending would sort out. As depressing as it is though it seemed fitting that that is what we are building to.

I really enjoyed this short novella read and would highly recommend it to those who are looking for something dark and psychological. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

A quick, deeply unsettling read. The atmosphere is incredibly claustrophobic and the events feel frighteningly plausible. It definitely packs quite the punch for such a short novella! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Dementia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

anoldharmonica's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Car accident, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

valmai's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

illychilly's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Lesbophobia

danidamico's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.0

Me gustó, es de esas lecturas fáciles que terminás en una tarde. Algunos aspectos me resultaron bastante predecibles, hay una cosa específica que vi venir desde el minuto uno. Más allá de los clichés, Marceau logra mantener un buen ritmo y generar tensión durante las 90 páginas. El personaje de Sylvie es realmente horroroso, la manipulación que ejerce sobre su hija me puso la piel de gallina, sobre todo porque ese tipo de violencia existe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Lesbophobia

voidcrawler's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting