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wondernaut55's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Strong Points: Characters, compelling setup, intrapersonal relationships, and themes
Weak Points: Not really many stakes to stick to the mystery until we got to a little past the halfway point - if we’re breaking this up into 4 acts, act 2 bogged down pretty quickly, and act 3 started strong but like a rollercoaster it dropped hard. I also felt like our villain’s motive was pretty weak and didnt unravel the mystery in the most satisfying way. However, the theme carried that on its back, and I loved the wrap-up for it.
Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Confinement, Torture, Cursing, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Stalking, Death, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse
kassidyreads's review
- 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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Gaslighting
Moderate: Kidnapping, Dementia, Violence, Abandonment, Murder, and Confinement
Minor: Body shaming and Stalking
madreadings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Misogyny, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Confinement
siennaflynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Death, Cursing, Stalking, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Abandonment, Pregnancy, Grief, and Blood
Minor: Infertility, Death of parent, Torture, Misogyny, Medical content, Mental illness, and Bullying
courtnetto'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? No
5.0
I honestly couldn't guess what was going to happen next, which is what made it the ultimate 5 star read for me. I audibly gasped a number of times as I read this book, as I didn't expect what happened.
Finding out Bel wasn't an only sibling, to finding out that it was Bel's Grandpa who had Rachel held captive, to finding out it was because Charlie wanted her killed! It was just never ending twists and turns, making it all the more enjoyable for me personally. Bel was a little bit annoying as she continuously just accused her Mom of lying without actually sitting down with her properly and talking through everything, or beginning to assume that the Pink sock she found in Rachel's bedside table was hers as a baby when it may not actually have been.
Bel does, however, have a lovely relationship with her "cousin", Carter and one of the assistants for the documentary, Ash even when her Dad tells her to stay away from him.
The book even gives some backstory to the first disappearance which is a great insight and doesn't leave you guessing how they disappeared from that location. Not only is Bel very smart and able to work out the lies she is being told, but Carter is also very smart and begins to wonder whether her parents are actually her parents, thus doing a DNA Ancestry test to really find out once and for all who her real parents are. It appears that around half of the Price family knew of Rachel's whereabouts but were lying through the skin of their teeth about knowing anything, as well as a former colleague of Rachel potentially knowing something!
I would 100% read this book again, I loved the suspense and the constant twists while trying to guess what was going to happen next. Holly Jackson never fails!
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping
parsbooks's review
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship
fuzzy_fairy'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
3.25
Graphic: Kidnapping, Confinement, Death of parent, and Abandonment
Moderate: Dementia and Murder
lmoran46'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
3.75
Moderate: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death of parent, Body shaming, Stalking, and Kidnapping
kitkatkatdog's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment, and Cursing
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Murder, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Violence, Stalking, and Death of parent
Minor: Infertility
bookswithlauren's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Bullying, Dementia, Death of parent, and Kidnapping