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juanat77's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Gaslighting, Violence, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, and Sexual assault
kassidyreads's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Violence
missgrangerr's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I picked up this book simply for the mystery and I really could have done without the romance element. The romantic portion of the book left me angry, as the main character continually did stupid things "in the name of love" as if that makes it all okay. At the end of the book I was again left annoyed as some of the story lines that were introduced to make other characters to look guilty were never wrapped up. The character who was guilty was exposed and everything else did not seem to matter anymore; which was frustrating. There was a lot of potential with this story that I felt was wasted.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Bullying, and Child death
greatexpectations77's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- 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
4.0
A solid read, and I definitely didn't see the whole end coming. I thought it was interesting for the characters to have this complicated grief when a person died (sad) who hurt a lot of people (less sad). I'd definitely try this author again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Bullying, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Abandonment, Classism, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, and Sexual assault
Minor: Emotional abuse, Stalking, and Infidelity
taliatalksbooks's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
This is Our Story by Ashley Elston was a bit disappointing. It’s characters didn’t have much depth, and their traits seemed selected more for conscience than natural occurrence. I like the narrator’s struggle with trust and distrust with the boys as the novel goes on, but I really think this is an odd position for our protagonist to even be in given her relation to the case. I do like getting the perspective from the killer, but I wish these chapters helped to provide a little more insight as to who it was. I feel like details were purposely left out regarding the actually killer as to not reveal anything too soon, rather than using the other characters to successfully cover up the real crime. At the end, this is a middle of the road mystery, that was interesting, but nothing overly impressive for the genre.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Gun violence
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