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Before the ending, i was thinking this book was gonna be a 4-4.5 star read, but the ending fell so flat for me.

I loved the exploration of toxic female friendships and the feeling that you’re competing with the group or person that you want to be friends with. The uncomfortable thought of “do i hate this person or do i love them? do i want to be friends? is this an enemy?” Mean girls come in so many different shells, and the fact that Amb couldn’t admit that she was mean is one of the biggest types of mean girls there is. The quote earlier in the book where sully tells amb “flora is a mean girl, she’s a bitch. at least i can own it” felt like a subtle stab at Amb, because amb did the same thing. she hid behind her moral high ground. destroying Flora and her relationships because Flora had something she want. She had to make flora the villain in her fantasy. </ I think it’s really a bad choice to have ambrosia go to jail and have Poppy basically take over her life. it didn’t feel like justice to me. It felt like just another generation of mean girls, where poppy is hiding behind her moral high ground of “she did this to my sister so i’ll do this to her” the last chapter made me angry. Killing off Sully and Kevin and having Amb go to jail made me feel like the author didn’t know really how she wanted to end the story. I also feel like killing Kevin was just Poppy’s way to get rid of him. He was an asshole, sure, but he didn’t have anything to do with Flora’s death. it was completely Sully and Amb. killing Kevin was a vendetta because she never liked him. getting rid of these characters was lazy and honestly boring. Also it wasn’t revealed or clear what actually happened to Flora. Did sully kill her?>

I was invested in this story and the way the story was told. i’ve come to enjoy dual timelines because it adds so much depth to the story. I enjoyed the story, again, up until the last chapter. it’s a quick read so i do recommend it.

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jaymc's review

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dark emotional fast-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

3.5

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charlotte_luise's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

The description “dark and twisted” fits perfectly. I couldn’t stop reading it and it had a lot of twists I didn’t see coming. It illustrates very well how toxic and manipulative friendships can be and how easily one can fall victim to that. The only thing I didn’t particularly like was the ending.

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notallbooks_mp's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This was good, ratcheting up the tension over some really ridiculously manipulative relationships in a way that kind of made my head spin. I’m kind of in awe of Flynn’s ability to make the manipulation feel so real. I think the third act was both kind of perfect and also ridiculous, if that makes any sense. It’s both satisfying and also like, completely outside the realm of possibility to the point of being nonsensical. But I still liked it, in a way. Maybe it was a bit too far fetched but I went along with it because the book was really invested in the story I’m sure if I read this on another day I might’ve gotten frustrated or found it too ridiculous, so I guess it caught me on a good day. Not a bad thriller, and some good character development around manipulative and toxic female relationships.

CONTENT WARNING: rape, suicide, bullying

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imzadi481's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I.... I'm not sure how I feel about this. I'll be thinking about this one for a while, digesting it. There is not a single redeemable character in this book, save for Adrian. And yet, I didn't mind it at all. I usually like a mix of likable and unlikable characters, but in this case I didn't mind it at all. It worked. But wow, this was a dark and twisted story. Incredibly. Lots of trigger warnings, make sure to look them up.

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