Reviews tagging 'Death'

The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

35 reviews

sushipie1114's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Ending felt rushed but overall a pretty good and interesting reading experience. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug abuse, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Death, Addiction, Blood, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

vale_likescheese's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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? Yes

5.0

The ending leaves you extremely shocked! I loved this book and It’s very interesting. I couldn’t put it down after a little bit of reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Grief, Death, Blood, Mental illness, Child abuse, Murder, and Drug use

Minor: Gaslighting, Murder, Death of parent, Stalking, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Drug use

carolinec_19's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Mental illness

Minor: Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Suicidal thoughts

av3ryriskygamble_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Gaslighting, and Drug use

Minor: Alcoholism

marenm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Murder, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Drug use, and Suicide

mchramu's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

this book was so good?? such a fun read with a very interesting plotline. i loved reading the different perspectives. logan was definitely super creepy but delilah isn't technically a good person either so um.. very mixed feelings about the characters but overall it's a good read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Suicide

meeklovestoread's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I'm not gonna lie I read this book because someone said it was giving "YOU" vibes and that sold me. I love that show. And after reading this they're right. It's "YOU", but make it YA and in high school. 

It follows two POVs: Delilah and Logan. 

I would like to note that I read this as an audiobook at 2-2.10x speed and that really made the book a breeze to read. It indirectly set the mood for the whole thriller vibe that the author was going for. And it made for a quick read. 

Reading both Logan and Delilah's POVs were great, but I'm gonna be straight with you I was pretty bored with the story until

she found out that he was stalking her. Then the story really started to move along. And we really got to see Delilah gradually start to grow deranged after her first kill. And start to see her grow more cynical with each thing she learned. And I also liked how realisti  her constant panicking was. And the whole prey v. predators aspect the author had going on. I do wish she could've been smarter in terms of digging dirt up on Logan though.

I really enjoyed that part. It was nice seeing how Logan and Delilah were secretly plotting against one another. Although it was rushed I found the last few remaining chapters pretty satisfying.

Critics: I kinda wished we got more of Logan's homelife. We never really delved into his backstory or only got bits and pieces into Logan's fixation with Sophie. I'm curious as to what lead him to such thought processes. Of cours considering this is a young adult novel I don't expect it to be too intricate, but it would've been nice if we also got to know more of the characters too. Speaking of, it kinda annoyed how useless Logan's supposed best friend was. I felt like he could've planned a bigger role. And the way Delilah found out about Logan's antics and just her own secret about the

her being the one dealing drugs at the school

was very anticlimactic. It's a decent novel though. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, Addiction, and Death

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

bellaguiliano's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Drug use, Stalking, Addiction, Grief, Physical abuse, Death, Suicide, and Mental illness

unknownfigure's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

lovely___'s review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Violence