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Great end to the triology! Just wish I could remember who Nikolay Valerievich is...

Beautifully written with loveable characters- I didn't want it to end. I wish there'd been more of Flo's life at the end- did she get back together with her ex?- and I hope the ending didn't hint at Ayako's death,it's too heartbreaking to think of.

Not sure how I felt about this, a compelling read but the reveal that Lily was trans felt a little cheap, the end twist was awful and Asher was still showing scary abusive tendencies that shouldn't be handwaved even if he is accepting. like most of Piccoult's books, it felt a little preachy but nothing will be preachier (or more obviously targeted at fisher people) than Sing You Home.

Beautifully written and thought provoking 

I don't know how to feel after reading that. It felt like questions were posed the whole book but there were no answers. The chemistry and attraction between the characters were there but I spent the whole book rooting for and against them, which I suppose was the point but the lack of character growth left me confused and uncomfortable.

Beautifully written and so engaging.

Very affecting, I spent so much of my time reading it wishing I could look away.

So hard to read because I didn't understand why the narrator was making such terrible decisions.

Not as incredible and mind bending as Vita Nostra, felt like a retread of the first one. I didn't buy the insta love with the pilot, I would have liked to have seen more interaction between Sasha and her classmates. I love being in the Vita Nostra universe though so I'm awaiting the third book. 

I hated reading this- which is why it took me such a long time to finish the audiobook- but it was strangely compelling even though I didn't care, didn't know what was happening, still don't know what happened and still don't care. I never want to hear the word “control” again. The whipping girl concept should have been more interesting than it was.

Wow. I don't even know how to describe this book. One of the most difficult, confusing and interesting things I've read this year. But I can't describe it.

Stunning, I felt like I couldn't breathe the entire time I was reading. I loved every single character and they all felt fully realised.

Interesting ending. Never want to read “blue, blue eyes” again. 

Haven't read David Copperfield but this book felt like a masterpiece to me- haven't loved a narrative voice this much in years.

I read this because I loved Vita Nostra. Overall, I found this book a little disturbing but the climax absolutely thrilling. I enjoyed the relationship between the main characters and the concept was interesting enough that I'm pleased I read it.

It's the sort of book to reflect on and was almost claustrophobically intense.

The synopsis was more intriguing than the actual book to me.  It could have been a creepy, dark story that focused on an unreliable narrator and the impact of having a serial killer dad but instead I got an unbearably stupid protagonist and a lack of psychological honesty. I was disappointed and the writing style didn't make up for the ridiculousness of the plot- though to be fair to the author, I did read it in a day. It was almost a DNF though so make of that what you will.

I found the writing style quite choppy and difficult to get into- the teenage character's voice was near unbearable for me and it very nearly became a DNF. I kept reading (until a silly time in the morning because I wanted to see what the twist was as reviews said it was surprising. Turns out I'd guessed it. There were far too many references to nursing and not enough... actual nursing for it not to be Munchausen's by Proxy. Ultimately, I felt this book was trying to explore far too many heavy topics and rather than feeling like a heavy-hitting thriller, it came off as confused.

Wasn't engaged 

Library hold expired. Twice. Really want to actually read this one.

I found the prose format difficult to read as there were blocks of text with very few paragraphs.

Didn't jive with the writing style.

Wasn't what I expected, I'm normally okay with books that don't really have a plot but I spent the whole book waiting for something to happen.  The introspection and atmosphere wasn't interesting or developed enough for me to feel like the book was worth the time I spent reading it. It was almost a DNF but I powered through as I was 70% done. 

Didn't care about the characters and the plot didn't engage me.