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jodar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
The storyline is complex but well put together and paced. The main characters are well-developed and engaging with realistic interactions and dialogue. The characters’ actions are believable – savvy but not perfect, which all adds to the tension of whether the conspiring evildoers will succeed in covering their tracks. On the other hand, the conspiracy of rich men felt a bit clichéd.
As the CWs indicate, there is a great deal of nasty elements to the story, though none are handled overly graphically or gratuitously. Also CW of extramarital sex.
It is what it is, though: an “airport read” without much profound to ponder on once the book was finished.
Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, and Gun violence
Moderate: Cursing, Torture, Rape, Car accident, Confinement, Grief, and Self harm
Minor: Medical trauma and Suicidal thoughts
samantha7815's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking
dawnstrickland'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Moderate: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, and Pedophilia
ebardell's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Gun violence and Sexual assault
Minor: Drug use
jetpackdracula's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Confinement
Minor: Violence, Medical content, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, and Self harm
raerae123's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gun violence
jarareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide
Minor: Homophobia
betttyy8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
As I said with the first book Good Girl, Bad Girl, these books are very standard crime thrillers. This is not to say that they are not inherently good, just that there is nothing hugely special about them. Like the first, this book is well written and very compelling. It is slightly predictable in places but I did not find it unsatisfying.
I particularly liked that this book, compared to GGBG, focused almost solely on Evie's story. The crime/s that Cyrus investigates are tied to her past (this isn't a spoiler to say, it is clear from the get go) and this allows Robotham to focus on unravelling what happened to her which is what I was really hoping this would be going in. I enjoyed the way that he did this as most of the story came from Evie's own memory which I felt gave the nice touch that she was largely in control of her narrative. This is a little incongruous with the occasionally sloppy deployment of female trauma but it felt nice that he seemed to try.
A warning: this book is very dark. It is much more heavy than the first one and has a number of upsetting and graphic scenes. I would not recommend to those sensitive to sexual violence and particularly child sex abuse.
Overall, another perfectly gripping but also kind of perfectly fine crime thriller. May be good for moving you through a slump.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Violence
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Torture
Minor: Sexual content
mrselizabethv's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Blood