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author2223'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
5.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Racism
shawniejo's review
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Gore, Death of parent, Mental illness, and War
Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship
dblue236's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Death
Moderate: Racism, Death of parent, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Cancer
thisbookisbananas's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Murder and Domestic abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
tonyaf'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
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence
Moderate: Mental illness and Domestic abuse
downtown_kb'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
4.0
Eddie and April are on their way to a modest honeymoon on Lake Michigan when Eddie takes a wrong turn on a dark deserted road. Their trip is completely derailed when they pick up a young woman walking on the side of the road who is injured and needs to be taken to the hospital.
This was some entertaining creepy goodness and I really enjoyed the first half of this story. It had me hooked and is a great spooky setup. However, about midway through things went a little off the rails.
On one hand, I did appreciate the further character development. It not only added to the depth of our main characters it also added just a bit of depth to the romance, bringing it a little bit more into the main storyline. I really like both the mmc and the fmc. They turned out to be completely likable flawed characters. I even liked the addition of the kooky side-characters. (I would read a series of mysteries solved by Gracie and Beatrice) But on the other hand it just started to feel like too much was going on. It all got tied in at the end but I was left feeling like the story would have been better if a few of the side details/plots were trimmed. I think the mystery and the ghost story was great and unique and didn’t need all the extra fluff. It lost momentum. It went a bit long.
So I think some people who get their feathers up when characters aren’t fully developed will really like this. And it helped push the romance a little more into the story.
But I think people who go into this for the spook factor will agree that it loses a bit as the characters are fully flushed out.
Don’t get me wrong, this was a solid read, I just can never get enough spookiness.
Side note: this is set in the 90's and I appreciated all the references to the time period even if it made me feel like this could count as historical because of it :cries:
Brittany Pressley did great with the audio.
Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Drug abuse and Misogyny
sydnec's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Racism, and Domestic abuse