A review by sarai0410
Sign Here by Claudia Lux

dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Never debilitating, but very unpleasant. That's our comfort zone.

I'm obsessed. I was nervous to go into Sign Here because I wasn't sure how far into the Horror genre this was going to lean, but this toed the line between multiple genres and creepy-levels so flawlessly that it feels like the perfect thriller/horror-adjacent book for scaredy cats like myself. 

With multiple-POVs, each with its own flavor and personality, this book is a super fast read that had me hooked from the beginning. The way Lux weaved the interconnecting plot between characters was thrilling, and even if I could see some twists coming, I was not disappointed in the slightest because the writing was phenomenal - both hilarious and putting me on edge simultaneously. 

The commentary throughout the book on family, expectations for others and ourselves, and the inevitable end was so well done - I could have highlighted 70% of the book with how many good quotes there were sprinkled throughout. 

And the ending - perfection, chef's kiss, 10 stars.
The way Peyote worked his ass off to get out of hell and in the end realizing that it was worth because of the family that would eventually come from his daughter, OMG I couldn't have asked for a better ending.


After loss, love is never the same. That is not to say you won’t love another, maybe even more than ever before. But as you love them, you will mourn them. You’ll try not to, of course. Try to say, “You never know.” But you do. You know. And every inch gained in flight is an inch added to the fall.

She saw food and thought instantly about what it would become inside of her. The whole thing was disgusting. But then she had children and, for the first time, she saw her body itself as powerful. Before that, she believed her body's only power was in the currency its shape gave her, which made her worth something to the strong. It wasn't until she brought her children into the world through nothing but her body's force that she realized she could be strong herself.