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Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Deportation
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood
Minor: Rape, Pregnancy
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Blood, Murder, Classism
Minor: Sexual content, Death of parent, Pregnancy
From the very beginning, I questioned whether Nina was actually psychotic, or if Andrew was really the psychotic one. When Andrew kicked Nina out of the house, I asked myself whether it was time to be extra scared of Nina, or scared of Andrew. So, while I somewhat saw the “twist” of Parts II and III coming, there were also still a few of surprises.
The author did an amazing job of building connections with Nina’s perspective in Part II. My jaw actually dropped a few times!
I wasn’t 100% sure how Part III was going to play out, but I’m happy with it. While it might not be the most realistic (specifically with the detective and his relationship to everything), it was a perfectly satisfying ending. Especially with the added bonus of Evelyn and Nina’s conversation, and Millie’s new job interview.
I recently read Verity by Colleen Hoover (which made me VERY uncomfortable and disturbed), and, for the first half(ish) of this book, I thought the two stories were incredibly similar. However, I think this story was less disturbing (specifically because there was significantly less talk of child abuse) and better-written.
I found myself rooting for different characters at different times. Millie was frustrating for ignoring so many BRIGHT red flags at the beginning (though I get she didn’t necessarily have many choices). Nina and Cecelia were so frustrating at times! Then Nina was extra frustrating for knowingly subjecting Millie to toxic situations (though I empathized with her). Evelyn was hard to trust at times. Enzo was mysterious at the beginning, and I wasn’t sure what was going on there for a while.
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Car accident, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment
Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Stalking
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Moderate: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
As crazy as Nina seemed in the beginning I actually kind of liked her character. I didn’t like the way she treated Millie but I knew something was going to happen; her behavior was too extreme. The ending was twisty and unexpected! My exact words were, “What?! That’s how it ends???”
I enjoyed that there were multiple characters and points of view in the story yet it was easy to follow. I never found myself confused and that’s important to me. At Part 2 was when it really started to pick up pace, so hang in there if you’re feeling like the first chunk is slow!
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism