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creolelitbelle'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Gore, Death, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death of parent and Cursing
Minor: Animal death
skye_era_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Grief, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness
sonygaystation's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
(i do wish this book had more of the summer camp slasher vibe than it did. It was pretty focused on life after the Event, which did keep me guessing. I feel like I got no answers though and I’ve definitely read better thrillers/horror, queer books, and queer thriller/horror. But it was just unhinged enough to satisfy the insanity palette iykwim. Although the main couple were TERRIBLE together like if I had to hear them fight one more time lmao 😭 as a 29 yo gay person in a committed relationship my young besties if you fight like this I’m gonna need you to do some serious inventory on if “love” is worth it lmfao 😭)
Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Death of parent, Animal death, Suicide, Medical content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
bethbaty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
The book had SO MUCH potential to be a thrilling rollercoaster of uncovering the truth of a horrific event little by little for one big crazy reveal. But it didn’t do that. Instead, we got a show of mental health and unchecked trauma that spirals out of control. And it feels like the actual main premise is simply poor communication or lack of it altogether. In every single relationship. In painfully obvious and annoying ways.
The only character I actually liked was Sloan’s ex best friend, and then that just kind of ✨ went away ✨ and never came back. Even though after understanding and kind he’d been, it seems out of character for him to just never come back?
Also, I hated—HATED—Cherry and Sloan’s relationship. These girls knew each other for what? 3 days before they trauma bonded and decided they were soulmates and entirely codependent on each other in every aspect of their lives?? They were SO toxic it was gross and made me strongly dislike both of them.
Finally, I prefer to understand a story and what really happened once it’s over. But we never actually get answers here. Was Sloan right?? Was Cherry lying? Was her mom in on it?? Her dad?? The whole sister Sasha character also seems so random and unexplained honestly. The ending comes, and yeah, Sloan is definitely mentally unwell no matter what, but like… was she right?? What really happened?
I don’t know. I’m just annoyed and angry now.
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Mental illness, Murder, Gaslighting, Gore, and Violence
shaunashares's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief
Moderate: Gaslighting and Murder
_p0ssum_'s review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Body horror
Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
smugreadsbooks'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, and Emotional abuse
ginabee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
This book was more a portrait of a toxic relationship than a thriller or a mystery. I found the dialog between them repetitive, and it frustrated me the only person who recognized their relationship was toxic was villanized.
I found the representation of trauma problematic - it relied on stereotypesz. The trauma was also not being addressed in any healthy way.
I stuck with this book because I wanted to find out what happened. The ending was ambiguous and unsatisfying. I can handle ambigous endings but I think this one missed the mark because I'm not sure what the entire book was building up to.
To me, this book had poor character development and not much plot either. I liked the lesbian representation and Dugan describes all skin colors, including when someone is white as all the MCs were. Those are about the only 2 things I liked about the book.
Initially I was thinking I'd recommend this book to Colleen Hoover fans, but because of how trauma is depicted I don't think I'll be recommending it to anyone.
Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Toxic relationship
humblebookdragon'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: Gore, Blood, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting
moreadsnrambles'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Blood, Gore, Murder, Body horror, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death