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A review by sarah984
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This book really felt like a paint by numbers thriller to me. All of the characters are stock teen movie archetypes and the plot follows those archetypes exactly the whole way through. Also the editing really needed another pass: people's hearts "hammered" so often that I was thinking about starting a drinking game to fit the theme.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Outing