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The Dive

Sara Ochs

3.42 AVERAGE

adventurous mysterious medium-paced
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I saw the ending coming, but it was still SO good!!
dark mysterious slow-paced

Thrillers aren’t totally my jam but this was twisty! And that epilogue?!
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

An entertaining thriller! I loved the tropical island setting. Some great twists along the way and the ending was surprising. Felt like it dragged on at certain points more than it needed to. 

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Just ok. The mystery kept me interested enough to keep going and the twists at the end were kind of fun. But the characters were all so unlikeable and I felt like the author was kind of throwing around the ideas of sexual assault and suicide/self harm which felt icky. I didn’t believe that any of these characters were in their early twenties and the fact that EVERYONE on the island was hiding some awful past seemed unlikely. It was entertaining but ultimately lacked any substance, IMO.

This was really far-fetched and problematic
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Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Good summer mystery with some great twists! It took a little bit to get going and was similar to other duel-perspective mysteries that I have read but still kept me interested and was an enjoyable read.

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes