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challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
What a layered and complex drama! . . .and how strange it seems, objectively, how little a murder committed very nearly on the page early on features in the following twists and turns, almost as though quite fallen out of mind of those affected by the investigation. Within the narrative, however, it is quite sensible how the focus turns to other things, more pressing and immediate, and how well wrapped up even more disparate threads eventually became all together by the end - and for such a slow-paced novel, how rapidly that very last peak of drama seemed to occur.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Violence
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