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We are all the same in the dark by Julia Heaberlin

8 reviews

star's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

this was a rough one. both emotionally but also pacing wise. (I found it easier to get through once I spoiled myself and flipped to the page that mentioned who the murderer was). I was not expecting the mid-book twist at all! but got so attached to the characters. good one overall, and appreciated the spin on the “murdered prom queen” trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Mental illness

megnut's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Alcohol

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

This is a book with multiple mysteries trying to be solved across three timelines. It’s an interesting format, and I so very much appreciated a linear timeline (so many books go present day to the past and back and forth, and I hate it). Every character was well developed and to an extent, even the ones who started the book dead. Won’t spoil it for anyone, but another reason I liked the book is that the reveal seems so obvious only in retrospect. I really didn’t see the killer coming until the very end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Forced institutionalization

leebeeloves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Rape, and Suicide

kerriw's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent

Minor: Emotional abuse, Vomit, Dementia, and Gaslighting

meggenlee's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A surprising number of thrillers assume their reader isn’t that smart. The clues are obvious, the plot formulaic. This isn’t one of those thrillers. The plot twists hit hard and frequently. The author isn’t just telling a story, she’s commenting on humanity. Though her message is admittedly a dark one. The book was gripping and made me think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.25

We are all the same in the dark is told in 5 parts. The first part, short, from the character Wyatt’s perspective. The second part, in the same time line as Wyatt is told from Odette’s point of view; a cop in the town that the crime has taken place. and the last 3 parts are from the perspective of Angel, a young girl who was found by Wyatt & protected by Odette, 5 years later. 
We are all the same in the dark: In 2005, the disappearance of a teenage girl rocks the town she is from. They have never let it go, promising themselves and her that they will find out what happened to her. Years later, Wyatt, the brother of the missing teenage girl (everyone suspects he is the reason she and their father are gone) finds a young girl on the road. She is missing an eye and will not talk for any one. Odette, still obsessed with the case from 2005, because she was dating Wyatt when it happened and lost her leg in an accident as a domino affect from the crime, comes to him and takes the young girl. Things are happening to Odette and there is no explanation to them. “gifts” left on her porch, phone calls from private numbers in the middle of the night, all these unexplained events are happening while she is getting closer to the truth. 5 years later, the young girl Wyatt and Odette saved comes back to the town to try and finish where Odette left off. Several mysteries in one, unreliable narrators, and many twists and turns make up the novel. 

I completely enjoyed this slow/medium paced thriller. I didn’t know who to trust, and i felt like i was finding everything out with the characters. Things in the middle seemed to not make any sense but when it get tied up at the end, it makes absolute perfect sense and is such a great reveal. I like how it was slightly open ended in a way, and I didn’t like the reveal of what happened to Trumanell. I liked the relationship between the characters and how you never really knew who or what to trust. You can let your mind wander and try to figure it out. Once the reveal happens, it feels like “oooohhhh that makes a lot of sense” because of the foreshadowing that was used (so well, i might add) i’m really glad i picked this book up, knowing little to nothing about it. Even though it was slow paced, it kept me completely hooked all the way through. 

Trigger warnings: Rape mention, murder, blood, amputation, child abuse, domestic abuse, mental illness, medical trauma, medical content, death, animal cruelty, infidelity, stalking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

jen_again's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Vomit, and Dementia