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The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

14 reviews

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Blood

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

marimoreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

An atmospheric book about time travel, grief, loss, love, and making the right choices, this emotional story of June's quest to stop the curse of the Farrow women is a great read for those who enjoy mystery novels.

I liked this book because of how it approached time travel, how the pieces of the puzzle wove together, how the characters make all of it happen out of the truest form of love, and Young's prose. This is my first time reading a book by this author, and the way that they write brings such vivid images to your mind that you feel as if you yourself are experiencing the characters' visions and memories. And this was the coolest part about reading this book because the immersion is sudden, vivid and jarring, and mirrors June's experience with the curse. I love when books make you feel exactly how the characters feel.

There was also a lot of flower language and animal symbolism woven throughout the story, which I thought was fitting because the family runs a flower farm. It was fun to look up what the plants mean in flower language and interpret what they symbolise within the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Suicide

bdavisshannon's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Abortion

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Gun violence

katievallin's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

This was so beautiful, and it's left an ache in me that feels a bit like grief.

I liked the time travel and amnesia tropes,

and the romance was so beautiful. I related to the small, southern town aspect even though I didn't grow up in Appalachia.

I'm sad that the only kind of Christianity that the Farrows were exposed to was the yucky kind, but I also related to a bit of the theology and attitudes from my own childhood.

This book makes me think about prejudices against people who are seen as odd and about the assumption that mental illness is always obvious.

I thought there wasn't really closure for June's friendship with Mason, which was a bit disappointing; but I also like that it wasn't wrapped up super neatly because that seems more realistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Gun violence and Pregnancy

mizmanderz's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gun violence

Minor: Child death and Death of parent

theoceanrose's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

bookishkale's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

I thought the prose was well done, and very vivid and vibrant. There felt like there was a little too much going on, and it all made sense at the end but I felt like there was a little too much pushed under the rug with the main plot. I liked June a lot, and I understood her fears and worries. I really liked her and Eamon together, though I found it frustrated at times when he didn’t trust her

because she wasn’t ‘his’ June… because she is? She just doesn’t have all the same memories?

I liked the threads that tied through the whole book but at some points, I think it was just the plot of the book that made it a little messy. Some threads (even if I liked them!) were a little too obvious, but I did listen to the audiobook so that might have changed somethings. 

For any interested audio listeners, I thought the narrator did a pretty great job, but sometimes I felt like she had a hard time with Eamon’s voice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Emotional abuse, Blood, Abortion, and Abandonment

whatbeccareadnext's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

Adrienne Young writes the most beautiful prose. I adored this novel. It was a little bit outside of my usual genre, but I was absolutely captivated by the mystery and magic of June's life. I read Adrienne's other adult novel 'Spells for Forgetting' when it came out last year and, although I did enjoy it, it wasn't something I found myself thinking about or wanting to read again. This story, however, had me hooked all the way through. It is relatively short, which helped keep the story moving at a good pace, and it is full of intrigue and mystery and just a dash of romance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Police brutality, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Pregnancy

elizabeth_lepore's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence