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Aug 12, 2023BiblioJP rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a terrible tragedy that is beautifully and masterfully written. The main character is as flawed as she sympathetic, and we continue to support her even as she makes mistakes over and over again. Driven by fear, love, revenge and…
Feb 12, 2023cateyeschloe rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I was warned going in that this book is dark and twisted, and that definitely rings true! I read the book in a day and enjoyed (if I can use that word for this subject?) every minute of it. The story had me engaged from the Prologue and…
Nov 16, 2022spow11 rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I almost DNF. The ick factor on this book is really high. Generational incest… just gross.
Jun 21, 2022maipenrai rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I don't know why I finished this book. Hours of incest - The perfect book for masochists. Horrible read. Kristi & Abby Tabby
Sep 02, 2020JCLBrittanyC rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This book took me on a JOURNEY. It follows the Roanoke girls of Kansas; they are a family made up entirely of daughters. Lane is taken in by her grandparents after her mother commits suicide, and finds herself on the Roanoke farm, a place…
Jun 22, 2020
This book was ugly and beautiful, raw and lovely, painful and satisfying. The subject of the story is just so awful and twisted, but I was so drawn in that I just couldn't stop reading. It was all so vivid. Very impressed.
May 12, 2020librarianjessica rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was so gloriously messed up. I don't even really have words to properly describe it, nor do I know why I enjoyed it as much as I did. But it was atmospheric and disturbing as all hell, and the characters are so flawed and…
Mar 04, 2020PiepieB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Trigger warning ... definitely some "disgusting" subject matter in here, so this book may not be for everyone. However, the story is compelling and sweeps you in. I did find it a bit predictable, I lilked the ending, and I appreciated the…
Sep 07, 2019Sandi_Vandergrift rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Ahh!! I LOVED this book! If you are looking for something dark, twisted, creepy, and unpredictable, look no further! I listened to the audibook before thinking "I'll just listen to a chapter to fall asleep" as soon as I finished the first…
Mar 14, 2019taralei rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Think Sharp Objects meets Flowers in the Attic. This weirdly fascinating bit of Gothic horror is a helluva ride from start to toxic ending. Well crafted characters in an emotionally volatile house of terror is a book that is not for the…
Mar 29, 2018pharra19 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Wow! I never expected to like this book, and I can't say I did "like" it, but neither could I tear myself away from it. A bit like watching a snake charmer, and waiting for the cobra to strike! Certainly not for the squeamish.
Jun 08, 2017JCLHelenH rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
There’s a lot of love in this story. Love that’s a lot like functional alcoholism. It seems to work on the surface, but over time it’s just not sustainable. Despite the early reveal of the family secret The Roanoke Girls compels to the…
Jun 04, 2017aliciamarie rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Wow! This was an emotionally charged book written about a very taboo subject. I have to just say that I LOVED this book! Somehow this book manages to his every emotion. This is a coming of age, dark and twisted, powerful story of love. It…
Jun 04, 2017ehbooklover rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Wow. This was an incredibly disturbing yet unputdownable book. I was immediately drawn into the story thanks to the complicated characters, the atmospheric setting, and the author's engaging writing style. Loved this one!
May 25, 2017mjk236sb rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This was a disturbing story line, but I couldn't stop reading this to find out everything about this strange family. Not for everyone, but found it to be a solid read.
Apr 25, 2017JCLDianeH rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Disturbing and compelling, this dark fiction highlights the long-term, rippling effect a buried secret can have on a family.
Apr 24, 2017wilqser rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Somber theme dominates the story of this but not much. Kept me interested half-way through the book, but it dissolved at the end. Touchy and important subject but as a psychological thriller fan I was expecting more. Not enough to…
Mar 29, 2017tracebroyles rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This book was amazing. Well written, handled sensitive (translate taboo/disturbing) storylines well (if you followed it through) and had realistically flawed characters. I hoped I knew where it was going but had my doubts more than once…
Mar 24, 2017Reads_A_Lot rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Well this book won't be for everyone as the subject is taboo. But boy, it is well written and kept me turning the pages. A dark and twisty plot, a good cast of of really messed up characters, unsettling secrets of a disturbing family,…
Mar 15, 2017Liselara rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I had to stop reading this book. I won't ruin it by revealing the so-called secret but I abhor when authors take an awful situation and try to make it "streamline" so that others begin to accept it as normal. This is the second book in…
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Mar 08, 2017smmeloche rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The Roanoke Girls by Amy Engel was a book that I had been highly anticipating since late 2016. I didn’t even know much about it, I just knew that it had Roanoke in the title and I had just completed that season of American Horror Story. I…