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bri_lliantlybookishef669's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Torture, Abandonment, and Car accident
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicide, and Sexual content
Minor: Pregnancy
rhguerrero's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Miscarriage and Infidelity
katemreads's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse
Minor: Death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Sexual content
emileereadsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse and Torture
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, and Death
kendallreadsbooks'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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Car accident and Sexual content
crackedspines_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
PLOT: There were so many twists and turns in this book. Every time I thought I was at the height of the action the pace would pick up more. And it all climaxed in this horrifying, breathtaking moment when everything fell into its place.
STRUCTURE: The non-linear timeline was really effective for this book. The way different details were revealed from the different POVs was really interesting! Summers basically had two timelines going at once and yet it never got confusing.
THEME: Obviously this book explores a lot of themes about cults, but it also explores family and authenticity and truth and legacy and trauma and identity...Summers wove it all together beautifully.
CHARACTERS: This book contains my most hated character and yet he is also a really good character. Lev is one of those characters who you absolutely despise as a person but are intrigued by as a character. And I really liked the character development present in Bea and Lo. Both girls are complex and layered and not “likable”/palatable and I love them so much.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Toxic relationship, and Torture
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Gore, and Sexual content
Minor: Blood
cult; miscarriage is impliedphoebereads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
5.0
I really loved this book and I can't recommend it enough. Bravo to Courtney Summers.
**Thank you to the publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review!
Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual content, Murder, and Medical trauma
alyxandriaang's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse
Moderate: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Death
librarianmichelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Minor: Violence, Torture, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Infidelity, and Child abuse
betweentheshelves's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Grief
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, and Violence