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beccarox7's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Vomit and Sexual content
issiwerro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Death, Confinement, Blood, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
fromjuliereads'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
3.0
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Violence, Death, Vomit, and Blood
s_panfil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Medical content
Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Mental illness, Vomit, Drug use, Sexism, and Confinement
fremzz'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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Alcohol, and Murder
Moderate: Gore and Medical content
sydneyluxford'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? No
4.25
The plot of this book was obviously amazing. There were just some aspects that annoyed me SO MUCH.
Also, can we talk about how dirty Maniscalco did Thomas in this book.
The ending of this book. Oh. My. Fucking. God. Maniscalco had no reason to put me and the characters of this book through that. I WAS LITERALLY CRYING BECAUSE I THOUGHT AUDREY ROSE OR THOMAS WAS GOING TO DIE. Literally had me so scared.
Screaming into my fucking pillow.
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE WAS SO UNEXPECTED, I STILL CANNOT GET OVER IT.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Violence, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping
Minor: Classism
estellejacksons's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
3.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Classism, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Torture, and Medical content
nicole_rietveld'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? Yes
3.5
Nu a fost o lectură impresionantă, dar nici rea. Dacă o compar cu celelalte volume din serie, este cel mai slab volum la capitolul mister. Se focusează destul de mult pe latura romance, dar nu m-a deranjat prea tare. Atmosfera nu mi s-a părut captivantă, sau poate am citit prea multe cărți ca să mai fiu impresionată de stilul de scriere al lui Kerri Maniscalco. Nu eram sigura dacă să citesc volumul sau nu pentru că am citit multe păreri negative înainte.
Triunghiul amoros a cam umbrit misterul crimelor și nu prea își avea rostul, a fost creat doar pentru puțină dramă. Audrey Rose a avut impresia că e mare actriță și că îl păcălește pe Mefisto, dar maestrul ceremoniilor s-a jucat cu ea. Nu mi-a plăcut deloc relația apărută între Audrey Rose și Mefisto, mai ales că fata l-a rănit rău pe Thomas. Nu merita așa ceva.
Ca și personaj, Thomas e interesant și are multe laturi pozitive, dar mi se pare că autoarea prea se învârte în jurul a două trăsături, și anume că e inteligent și că flirtează mult cu Audrey Rose. Aș fi vrut să văd și alte trăsături, sau să fie mai dezvoltat. Totuși, mi-a plăcut cum a tratat problema triunghiului amoros. Nu a devenit posesiv și agresiv, ci i-a dat libertate lui Audrey Rose să aleagă dacă nu mai dorește să fie cu el. Sincer, m-am cam săturat de tipologia de băieți YA extrem de geloși și protectivi.
Probabil voi citi și următorul volum.
- Prestidigitaţie
- ESCAPE! The Story of the Great Houdini de Sid Fleischman
Citate:
Nu exista niciun sentiment mai minunat decât să fiu admirată pentru inteligenţa mea.
Maestrul mi-a zâmbit de sub masca lui de lup care o invita pe Scufiţa Roşie în pădurea întunecată. El însă nu ştia că această fetiţă ascundea sub scufie o armă, iar pereţii camerei ei erau decoraţi cu o colecţie de blănuri de lup.
Îl iubeam pe Thomas, dar nu puteam nega atracţia exercitată de maestru. Oare era posibil să joci un rol atât de bine, încât să ţi-l asumi cu totul?
Există mereu un vis mai grandios, un scop mai măreţ care trebuie atins. Acesta este preţul când visezi fără limite.
Graphic: Death and Medical content
hapalyn'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Violence, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content
caitlinreadss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Kerri Maniscalco is an incredible storyteller and her books are very entertaining (and this is coming from a person who doesn’t care much for murder mysteries)!
This book almost broke my heart because of poor Thomas Creswell - honestly Audrey-Rose, he did not deserve that even when he was giving you the choice to go ahead and do whatever you pleased. And I did not deserve it either to be left almost heartbroken for one of my favourite fictional couples (and right up until the epilogue too - how cruel!)
The atmosphere of this book was absolutely fantastic and the plot was very captivating. The only reason why I didn’t give it 5 stars was because it was a lot slower compared to the first two books and the ending where the killer was ‘unmasked’ was a little more disappointing and I wasn’t as shocked (even though it was a little more dangerous for our favourite couple).
Overall. This is a very good book but I just read it with a little too high standards.
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Murder, Violence, and Death
Minor: Kidnapping