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Violence
A lot
Content notes cover adult and child death, domestic violence, and attempted murder; a rating service counts the violence as present but not lingering
Language
A lot
A content rater tallies roughly eleven strong profanities, five moderate, eight mild, several British-specific vulgarities and four uses of deity in vain
Sexual Content
Some
Limited to mentions of sex and a very brief scene with some erotic detail, alongside references to sexual assault and grooming
Substance Use
A lot
Alcohol abuse is a persistent feature of Grady's grief
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Gaslighting, emotional abuse, confinement, and a grief spiral drive the book, with references to pedophilia and rape in the island's history
What this book is about
Novelist Grady Green is on the phone to his wife when she stops to help at an accident and disappears. A year on, blocked and broke, he retreats to a writing cabin on the isolated Scottish island of Amberly — a place with strange rules, a population of women, and a face in the distance that looks exactly like Abby's.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Domestic violence
Grooming and references to pedophilia
Alcohol abuse
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