3.9 AVERAGE

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book is SO close to being a 5 star read for me. It challenged me on all the ways I view main characters of stories and I couldn’t put this down. I finished it within 36 hours. Berry just GETS the human psyche, and her way of writing about terror, pain, and sadness is captivating.

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
medium-paced
dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
challenging dark fast-paced
challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes

As far as thrillers/crime mysteries go, this was great. Fast paced and easy to follow, even going back and forth in timeline with 2 narrators. The writing wasn’t anything special.

Though I legit wanted to punch the mother in the face. Her big decision was so ridiculous and unbelievable and no way would any law enforcement agency ever have allowed it.