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kelsie_reads_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
mrsbuck'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Car accident, Death, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Chronic illness, Misogyny, and Toxic relationship
passionatereader78'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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death
Minor: Grief, Infidelity, Car accident, Classism, and Domestic abuse
rachelkreadsbookz'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
3.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Terminal illness
asvanroekel29's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death of parent and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Infidelity and Grief
Minor: Alcoholism
rhi_'s review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity
Moderate: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Chronic illness, and Suicidal thoughts
tamara_joy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, Cancer, Death, Car accident, and Pregnancy
laurenabeth's review against another edition
- 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
It’s a whodunnit, and I generally dislike books with multiple timelines and shifting narrators, but I found myself gripped by the mysteries, by the characters, by their motivations.
The first chapter was a bit clumsy, so power through it for the reward. I was jarred by the switch between first person and third person, which took about the first hundred pages to get used to. Evelyn’s chapters are a bit overwritten, but it’s clearly intentional as she, a writer herself, is the narrator. Abby’s chapters are more desperate, somehow, more raw in the present, but both women share an urgency to define their lives and live them, and that urgency is well written and masterfully crafted.
Some plot points were predictable, but that didn’t detract from my enthusiasm to finish. In fact, I read the bulk of this book in one sitting, barely stopping until I understood the mystery of Evelyn Aubrey.
Trigger warnings for suicide, but the book carries a weighty message of resilience and fortitude.
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Addiction