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adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Forget JF's jolly Nursery Crimes and Thursday Next books. This one is much darker. Set in a somewhat parallel world where the UK freezes over for the entirety of winter, requiring the inhabitants to hibernate in special dormatoriums. A drug can be had to stop the user dreaming, and thus reduce energy expenditure, but it has sinister side effects. Into this world, a young man with no family takes a job that will keep him awake all winter, can he survive not only the winter but the people who live in it?
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail