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gracefullypunk's review against another edition
5.0
Read this book!
Pay no attention to the reviews that note they're "uncomfortable" with the n word (it appears twice, once as an insult hurled by whites) or that there's too much stereotyping. This is a book with a brave and broken Black heroine by a Black woman. If it didn't get uncomfortable, it wouldn't feel real.
Yes, you can have a slow-burning thriller, and this is one. The physiological terror feels real, and while you might guess at the culprit, you're unlikely to be able to tie all the pieces together. The added social commentary about the invisibility of women adds rather than detracts.
We need more crime authors like Rachel!
Pay no attention to the reviews that note they're "uncomfortable" with the n word (it appears twice, once as an insult hurled by whites) or that there's too much stereotyping. This is a book with a brave and broken Black heroine by a Black woman. If it didn't get uncomfortable, it wouldn't feel real.
Yes, you can have a slow-burning thriller, and this is one. The physiological terror feels real, and while you might guess at the culprit, you're unlikely to be able to tie all the pieces together. The added social commentary about the invisibility of women adds rather than detracts.
We need more crime authors like Rachel!
bookph1le's review against another edition
3.0
3.5
I liked this book, but it felt like an unusual mashup of things, and at times that interfered with my enjoyment of it.
I liked this book, but it felt like an unusual mashup of things, and at times that interfered with my enjoyment of it.
zuly's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
emilia_pearl's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
3.0
There was just too much going on. Too many different storylines begging for attention and not adding any substance to the book.
theinkwyrm's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
On the surface this should have been something I loved: a serial killer thriller with a protagonist that has an interesting career that pulls her into a dark situation. But this just had way too much going on side-plot wise. All of the family drama and the romance bullshit took away from the serial killer plot that was supposed to be the backbone of the book and made it feel more like another side plot. Also, the few sections we get from the POV of the killer were, sadly, superfluous to the plot (which is truly a bummer because they were some of the sections I was most interested in). She should have either fully committed to the serial killer POV or left them out all together. Mickie also just kind of got on my nerves with some of the stupid decisions she made and her inability to change her behaviors based on the information she has (seriously, why would you not make sure to lock your front door if you know you’ve recently been getting threatening messages and also have a habit of forgetting to lock your door? I feel like that’s just common sense, but apparently it isn’t to Mickie). Three stars because there wasn’t anything inherently wrong with this and it did have that compulsively readable quality to it, but it was just trying to pull together too many threads and it wasn’t necessarily successful.
devylish's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I wouldn’t have guessed the plot, outside of why the memory bank was being put together. Very good overall, but kind of drug out.
masa22's review
1.0
After finishing this book I feel frustrated and pissed. The book is laughably long, and it wouldn't be a problem if there was any plot and not just boring day to day activities. The story itself is PACKED, it's doing too much at the same time, the author is telling five different stories that have little to no correlation. 95% of the book goes soooooooo slowly and then by the end we're get thrown chunks of plot so fast that it's hard to realise what's even happening. No need to say that the reveal wasn't as surprising as the author might have thought, you could see it from a mile, and the ending was just underwhelming.
This book was BORING. And it's a thriller. That's the last thing you want and it pretty much sums up the whole thing.
This book was BORING. And it's a thriller. That's the last thing you want and it pretty much sums up the whole thing.
simplymodest's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75