Holy Narccsism Batman!!! This woman was psycho!! And the scary part is, even thought this is a fictional character, I know someone very much like her. Very well researched book from a psychological standpoint and very well written. Told from the perspective of two children in the family, one a boy and one a girl, you can see the level of mental destcruction this causes on people and how it could effect them for the rest of their lives. The father in the story is on the peripheral but you can also see how someone can become so used to this type of behavior after so many years that they don't even realize what's being done to them or to those around them. This book is sometimes a little disturbing but very hard to put down. ( )

I really didn't want to like this book, but it kept building in suspense and terror until I was hooked.

A psychological drama that will leave you mesmerized, although I felt deflated by the last chapter (hence, the four not five stars).
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I won this book through Goodreads First Reads.

To be hones this really wasn't my kind of book. I can see some people enjoying it but it just wasn't for me.

The whole mystery was not very mysterious and there were no unexpected plot twists. I knew what would happen long before it did, which resulted in less enjoyment and less attachment to the characters. Also, some of the scenarios seemed a bit unrealistic to me. They just weren’t things I could see happening or that you'd expect from the characters.

Speaking of characters, they were all a bit duller than expected. The synopsis makes them out to be all very interesting but in reality I found every one of them to be too flat for such a character driven story.

It wasn't all bad though. There were a few interesting parts and I very much enjoyed all of Will's long words, which are scattered throughout his parts. They add to his character and were very interesting. In fact, the best and most memorable thing I got out of this book was the word eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious. It means good. ( )

Het boek vertelt afwisselend vanuit het gezichtspunt van broer en zus William en Violet Hurst. William (Will) is gediagnosticeerd als autistisch. Violet verzet zich tegen haar moeder en experimenteert met drugs. Hun oudere zus Rose is weggelopen. Vader Douglas kampt met een alcoholverlaving.
Moeder Josephine regeert het gezin met strenge hand, waarbij ze naar buiten toe als de perfecte moeder probeert over te komen. Maar na een incident waarbij Will gewond raakt, wordt Violet gedwongen opgenomen in een inrichting. En dan neemt zus Rose weer contact op....
Intrigerend, superspannend verhaal. Je hebt wel een donkerbruin vermoeden wat er aan de hand kan zijn, maar het blijft onzeker tot het eind. Heb erg genoten van dit boek. ( )

When I first picked this book up, I wasn't sure I was going to finish it. In one explosive night, a family ends up with one kids in a nuthouse and another in the hospital to repair the damage the sister did. Or is that what happened? I thought I wouldn't finish it, because I really didn't like Josephine, the mother of the family. She was just vile. And then I realized that was the point. I think this portrayed narcissism expertly. While they aren't all this dangerous, they are so hard to deal with. Good read. ( )