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Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, Murder
Minor: Abortion, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol
that huge plottwist at the end really got me good.
so this is the second book i’ve read by colleen hoover, and i have to give it to her, she does write books you can read easily through one sitting.
even though i was immensely disappointed with it ends with us, i liked this book more than i should’ve.
i am so disturbed and i don’t think i’ll be able to sleep tonight.
once i got past the first chapter i got so hooked i couldn’t put it down anymore
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion
Moderate: Cursing, Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol
Graphic: Child death, Terminal illness, Abortion
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cursing, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Car accident, Abortion, Alcohol
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Excrement, Alcohol
If you have any concerns though—definitely check trigger warnings! There were a lot of sensitive topics in this one.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol
Okay let's talk about the characters first, because they are all pretty terrible. It's written in first person from Lowen's POV, but then we get snippets of the manuscript she's reading, which is written from Verity's first-person POV. Verity is endlessly mysterious and, much like Lowen, I wanted to keep reading her manuscript to see what terrible thing she'd do next. Lowen was less interesting, mostly because she made herself so by making dumb decisions that she knows are mistakes. There is a love triangle here, but it's the kind of weird love triangle where you find yourself rooting for the other woman...and then you find yourself rooting for none of them because they are all equally terrible choices lol.
The plot though...the plot kept me reading. Even as I only sometimes liked Lowen, I was just as curious as she is and I wanted to know what was going on in this house. And that ending...no spoilers but you've got to read to the end for that last plot twist!
I will say, there is a bit of "no one believes this woman and thinks she's hallucinating things and crazy" to this plot...which I am not a fan of. But I think the fact that there were so few characters to this story made it work better here. The story is pretty contained to the house and the main characters of Lowen, Jeremy, and Verity. But I still wish thrillers wouldn't rely on the "is she crazy" plot device, so I couldn't give this one five stars.
Overall though, I enjoyed finally reading this and I understand the hype around it now. I think it's worth reading if you also have FOMO, but do be wary of the content warnings, as this is a dark book.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail