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goodgollymissmollee's review
- 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
4.0
The book really didn’t even get rolling until there was only like 40 pages left and everything happened SO QUICKLY. Nothing was fleshed out and it felt so disjointed. Like it was an entirely different book I’d just stumbled into.
First like 70% was 5 stars. The ending was like 1 star. So here we are at a 4.
Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Infidelity, Murder, Toxic friendship, Death, Drug use, and Grief
Moderate: Car accident and Death of parent
Minor: Abandonment, Cannibalism, Cancer, Gun violence, Blood, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
clalaure's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Grief, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Drug use
ravenpuff's review
- 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
Graphic: Death and Confinement
Moderate: Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Infidelity
Minor: Cancer, Cannibalism, Car accident, Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Blood, and Body horror
booksbytheglass's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
yeah, that’s basically how this one went. 😬
as soon as nico practically blackmailed and gaslighted his girlfriend lux to take two strangers sailing on his boat to a DESERT REMOTE ISLAND, I said uh uh these people cannot be this dense.
dense would be a nice word to describe the brain cells between all six of the main characters.
while I will admit that there were a few twists that I didn’t see coming, they didn’t pack a punch for me. the characters were inconsistent in their ways of lying so by the time the twists came, I wasn’t even sure who was telling the truth.
I absolutely loved the picturesque slightly spooky island off the coast of hawaii! it made me want to sail out there ASAP (except I definitely wouldn’t pick a rumored haunted one with no cell service 🥴🥴🥴)
the ending was as much of a left down for me as the rest of the book was, and the only redeeming quality for me was how quick and easy the chapters were to read. I read this one in like three hours!!!
if you’re into an easy cheesy thriller, I would definitely recommend this. otherwise, I’d mark it as a skip.
rating: 2 stars
wine pairing: hawaiian sweet pineapple wine
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse
booksnbones13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Gaslighting, and Toxic relationship
maleficentbookdragon's review
- 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
4.0
Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, Grief, Medical content, and Drug use
juliaaa02's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Sexual content
iamnita's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Torture, Grief, Drug use, Alcoholism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Death, Alcohol, Violence, Drug abuse, Cursing, and Blood
chandranolynne's review
- 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
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Car accident, Classism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Grief, and Toxic friendship
taelights's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
The writing was good and it was interesting enough to listen to during work but if I had read the physical book I probably would have definitely dnf it.
Also the whole twist of the story is built on a giant plot hole so…. yikes.
Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Grief
Minor: Cannibalism and Car accident