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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Stalking
Mostly I found the male-narrated parts to be annoying but insightful. I think part of it was the narrator's voice, and the character himself to be annoying, but I think he was sort of modeled after INCELs.
Whereas Emma's parts are more palatable. I took her POV to be more reliable, as some things were told from both POVs but the spin of the character.
I didn't expect the final twist with Emma and what had happened in her life prior to the beach.
Overall it was a pretty good book. And I'm so glad that Laika survived!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Infertility
Graphic: Animal cruelty
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal cruelty
Minor: Self harm, Vomit
"Coincidences are fine in real life. But in fiction, they're bad writing."
I’ve been meaning to try his books for years now, and of course there was no way that I was going to resist the blurb of The Last Word for long. I love books with bookish angles, and what is more fascinating AND terrifying than a thriller read where an author slash killer goes after a person leaving him a one star review? And while things can be said about the plot being over the top and you definitely have to suspend your belief, I personally didn’t care because I was too busy enjoying the ride. This was exactly the dark, twisted and exhilarating read I needed! There is just something about the writing style that makes it very easy to fly through the pages, and the plot itself only increases that pace. The POVs are somehow blurred in points, and at times it takes a second before you realize who is in the spotlight; this would usually highly annoy me, but somehow in The Last Word it only added to the suspense. There are plenty of twists along the way as well, and with (at times) two contrasting POVs telling how the events happened it makes you wonder what is the real version. Again, this is usually something that would bother me, but in this case it somehow worked. Even the characters: none of them are exactly likeable, but since the main focus is on the plot and the life or death situation it's not as important. The Last Word definitely tips its toe in the horror genre though, and warnings are in place for particularly gruesome and graphic scenes as well as animal cruelty. If you think you can stomach those and like your thrillers on the dark and twisted side, I can highly recommend this story.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Grief
Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Stalking
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder
Moderate: Blood, Stalking