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Hennes sista semester by C.L. Taylor

11 reviews

ylimehurst's review against another edition

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

4.0

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echolliot's review against another edition

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

3.5

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chloek608's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 I recommend this book if you like: 
-Adult mystery 
-Holiday setting 
-Multiple points of view and goes between past and present 

Fran is on the search to find out what really happened to her sister Jenna on Gozo island. Her sister was on a mental health retreat and she never returns. The family have been told it was a suicide but they want to do their own research to get answers as to why their Jenna would do such a thing. 

Fran signs up for the next mental health retreat happening in Wales which is ran by Tom and Kate the owners of SoulShrink. Fran doesn’t anticipate running in to three previous members of the retreat, they knew her sister and she feels they all know something which they are keeping secret. 

Jenna had slept with Tom the owner without realising that he was married to Kate. Tom was in love with Jenna and wanted to leave Kate and start a new life. Kate found out about the cheating due to recording the 1 on 1 sessions and she threatened Jenna to leave her husband alone or else all her secrets she shared in her therapy sessions would be exposed. A girl on the retreat, Renata, was very protective of Kate and her relationship and so she hit Jenna on the head with a rock and warned her away from Tom. What we later find out is that she is still alive and Damian had helped her escape the retreat and start a new life in Valetta, Malta. The family all reconnect and Jenna even has a partner and baby.
 

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charlywarlywoo's review against another edition

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

3.0

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beesanddaisies's review against another edition

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

3.5

It was a page turned definitely, and I had a very fun time reading it. It would definitely recommend it as a quick, fun read. Not super complicated although the ending was a bit of a let down so I can’t give all the praise I may have otherwise, but still a thoroughly enjoyable read!   
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reading_with_megan's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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kvegan's review against another edition

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slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
One of those books I have no idea why everyone is raving about it.  Poorly written, miles of boredom in the middle, trivial padding about taking showers and what flavour soup they had,  the end a puke making family reconciliation  and a rushed contrived twist, unrealistic events like taking people in mental breakdown who can’t swim white water rafting, really ?:  the treatment of mental health calling them ‘nut jobs’ and ‘ripe for exploitation’ os offensive. 
These books are rushed written by Mediocre writers and money grabbing publisher just to milk to the thriller with a twist genre.  Most of them aren’t fit for bog roll and swerve this irritating rubbish, 
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librariangeorgia's review against another edition

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

4.0

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hollieee's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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jennyjones's review against another edition

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

4.0

This was such a fun, fast paced thriller that kept me coming back for more! 

Two years ago, Fran's sister Jenna disappeared on a retreat to Gozo that ended with the deaths of two people. To uncover what really happened, Fran books onto the next retreat, the first since Tom's (the infamous man behind Soul Shrinks Retreats) release from prison. 

This was such an intriguing story, and very different from anything I have read before. We get to follow three different points of view - one in the past, and two in the present, which worked really well to throw in lots of twists and turns and reveals. I also enjoyed having an older protagonist (50s) than usual. The end did go on for a bit longer than it probably needed to, but I quite seeing everything wrapped up and a bit of what's happening afterwards. I will definitely be reading more from C. L. Taylor. 

Thank you to NetGalley & HarperCollins UK Audio for letting me read this audiobook. 
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