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challenging
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“Friendship required more faith than any other kind of love, more faith than Oneida thought she was capable of having. But then she thought, What the hell is the point of faith if you never take anything on it?”
One of those books I think I simply read at precisely the right time. There's nothing spectacular about it; it's a slice of small-town life, and not even that interesting of one in the first place. But it's messy and beautiful and perfect. One of those literary stories that pick out the beautiful in the mundane and make you sit with it for a moment.
The book sits on the premise of a mystery, but I appreciate that it's not written like a thriller. That meant that when I predicted "twists" or "reveals" with certainty rather early, the rest of the story was still worth reading. The flash forward alone, that iirc begins with the quote I cited, would earn it 5 stars from me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Car accident, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual content
Minor: Alcohol, Gore, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship
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