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Violence
Readers flag gore, body horror, child murder, mutilation and gun violence at the graphic level; one StoryGraph reviewer calls the book grim, haunting and uncompromising, written to unsettle rather than comfort
Language
Very heavy
Heavy profanity across the prison and police storylines
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Reviewers count at least three instances of on-page sexual assault, alongside a grooming relationship between an adult and a minor and flagged sexual content
Substance Use
A lot
Drug use and alcohol are flagged, including in the teenage timeline
Emotional Intensity
Child abuse, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, infertility, abortion, kidnapping, stalking, medical trauma and gaslighting; multiple reviewers advise reading warnings first because the content is bleak and very upsetting
What this book is about
Geo was sixteen when her boyfriend Calvin killed Angela Wong. Now a successful executive, she is convicted and sent to Hazelwood, and while she is inside the killings start again. Hillier's novel moves between the trial, the prison, and the summer that made all three of them who they are.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic on-page sexual assault
Child murder and mutilation
Adult grooming a minor
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