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slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Read the first two books in this series ahead of this if possible, but it stands very well on its own. Having connections to Charleston, SC and the Chesapeake Bay region, I enjoyed the references to those places as well as Baltimore, Ocean City, and primarily Crisfield. Excellent coming of age story, but tragic and triggering neglect really shapes the life of this boy. He is parentified early and becomes highly sensitive using people pleasing to survive. A satisfactory ending, but I don’t want to leave these characters behind!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Classism, Alcohol, Death, and Gaslighting
Minor: Racism, Sexism, Mental illness, and Child abuse
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