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Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham

27 reviews

chelle22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

colorcrystals's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

meaghankmc's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I love Willingham’s plot twists. Her books always draw me in and have me reading late into the night, and this one was no exception. I really enjoyed all the characters, too. Lucy was so interesting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Vomit

cdkm9's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This book captured my attention right away and I was eager to keep reading. I really enjoy the author’s writing style. That said,

I was disappointed by the ending, both because it was unsatisfying and because I don’t think it was very plausible. I can see how Levi’s murder could remain unsolved, but I couldn’t bring myself to believe that they would get away with Lucy’s. For example, wouldn’t they find Margot’s fingerprints all over Lucy’s phone and Eliza’s lipstick and all the items they planted in her room? And what about when somebody inevitably finds the body? I guess ultimately having an ending that neither felt good or felt believable didn’t work for me, but up until the very end I really enjoyed this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Car accident

amanda_reads89's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Sexual assault

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The book's first half was paced too slowly, while I enjoyed the second half as secrets were revealed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Pregnancy

juanat77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

calculated_reader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Infidelity

maljacks87's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, and Violence

anotheraudrey's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was a very interesting plot but I struggled to get along with the “kids getting killed / murdered in South Carolina in suspicious situations” plot that seemed close enough to the Murdaugh case. I may be losing my interest in thriller novels because this is the second novel that I have finished and struggled to identify why we would encourage and continue to give a voice to the ending of a life with a “reason.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Blood, Car accident, and Alcohol