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Violence
None
Implied sexual assault; psychological dissolution
Language
None
No profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
An implied assault
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Extreme psychological dissolution; the vulnerability of a young woman alone
What this book is about
Jackson's 1951 psychological novel follows Natalie Waite, whose unstable home life sends her to college, where she may be developing a split personality or encountering something worse. Quietly disturbing. For adults.
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Implied sexual assault
Psychological horror
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