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The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

14 reviews

ladycranstonkc's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, Abandonment, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Infertility, and Child death

Minor: Vomit

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body horror, Child death, Racism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Miscarriage, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Death, Grief, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Gore, and Car accident

a_novel_craving's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Confinement, Cancer, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Miscarriage, Chronic illness, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Suicide, Car accident, and Violence

nika_nix's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

I expected so much more from this one. I was bored throughout most of the story and I feel like the balance between the two timelines was off, I didn't get invested in any of the storylines because of the way they were spaced out throughout the book. I also feel like the author tried to do way too many thing and I was expecting some mind blowing twist at the end but the ending turned out to be very underwhelming and basic, nothing really exciting or fun. Unfortunately, my least favorite Jennifer McMahon book I've read so far.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Child death, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Animal death

katelynprice's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

I devoured this whole book in one day. I love a dual-timeline story where the past and present connect, so this was right up my alley. It was delightfully creepy while examining different responses to grief and loss. McMahon is brilliant in the way she drops information, describes characters, and sets a spooky tone. This was my first book by her, but it definitely won’t be my last. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, and Suicide

mflynn8908's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Perfect story to read during winter. Reading it at night added to the creepy atmosphere and kept me on edge. Several times this story had me turning on the light and closing my closet door. Perfect story telling! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Murder, Death, Child death, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer, Gore, Car accident, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Gun violence

julienicole1106's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

jjjreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Grief, Gore, Racism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Confinement, Stalking, Violence, Car accident, Classism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Moderate: Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

waytoomanybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

2.5

A harrowing tale with many twists and turns, which keeps you interested and guessing. I was glued to the story up until the last third. I wasn't thrilled with the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Car accident, Animal death, and Cancer