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ehamlett's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence, Grief, Physical abuse, and Gaslighting
Minor: Domestic abuse, Death, and Murder
canascorner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Toxic relationship
infjkiki's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Death of parent and Suicidal thoughts
aliteracja's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Violence, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse
typedtruths's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
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Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Blood
➸ Trigger warnings for child abuse recounted, domestic violence, alcohol consumption, Dissociative Identity Disorder, parent with alcoholism, blood and injury depiction, death of a sister by from filicide, death of a mother mentioned, manslaughter, physical assault recounted, disappearance of a girlfriend and sister (theme), and blackmail.jcatnd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence
nataliebootlah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
All is well until Russian dolls, mysterious emails, and sightings of Layla start appearing. Is Layla still out there or is someone messing with them?
The book started out strong. It was suspenseful, it had me guessing, but then part two came along. The twist was a bit too obvious, too implausible. I was able to guess the ending, which is normally fun! But this one had me asking, “really?”
Graphic: Death, Grief, and Mental illness
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
michelles_book_nook'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book follows Finn and Layla who are wildly young and in love and are planning their happily ever after together until one night when they are driving back from a holiday in France everything changes when Layla vanishes from a service station never to be seen again. Or at least that's the story told to police. And fast forward 12 years when Finn has moved on with Ellen, Layla's sister, small things start to happen to make everyone wonder what really happened in France and did Layla ever disappear. This book is filled with suspense as well as being incredibly clever and addictive to read and omg I did not see the twist coming at the end! 😱 B.A.Paris is one of my favourite domestic thriller authors and she knows how to use the art of the perfect slow burn to really keep your attention throughout while making you think of a thousand different potential endings before proving you wrong with one hell of a twist. The only reasons I've marked this one down is because I'm not sure how I felt about the use of mental illness being this villianised thing in this book and I felt the ending was a bit rushed. Overall, it was a really good read and I'd definitely read it again and recommend it.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
ashley_books_cats_judo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
sheryl_macca's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The cast of characters is small and we have two opposite points of view throughout which both increase the intensity. The settings are a contrast to the plot. Leafy Cheltenham and surrounding rural villages are jarring. They offer a welcome discomfort that suits and adds to the plot.
I couldn't read it quickly enough, I was kept guessing and there were surprises right up to the very end.
Graphic: Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence