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Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Suicide, Blood
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Dementia, Gaslighting, Alcohol
This was an audio read and I travelled a lot this week so I had a nice chunk of time to dedicate to the beginning of the book - which was a big saving grace.
It DID suck me in from the beginning. The story was compelling and although I expected to hate Paris, I actually liked her character. Didn’t really like a single other character though - well, except maybe the owner of strip/night club.
However, at around the 30% mark I had already pieced together the main twist. With still having a massive chunk of the book left, I was physically pushing myself to continue.
I don’t know if the twist was supposed to be so obvious that early on but I wished it could have been presented differently and at a much later point in the book.
The only thing I didn’t quite guess was what actually happened to Jimmy Peralta. I won’t spoil it but I had a very confidence assumption and was definitely wrong. 🤷🏻♀️
A few plot holes or unconvincing things happen which irked me. Again, I can’t elaborate without spoiling the story but I don’t think certain things could have stayed hidden as long in real life.
Anyways, definitely not a bad read and I would likely recommend it to a friend. But, I hope everyone else who reads it can stay in the dark a bit longer than I did!
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood
Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Rape
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Suicide attempt
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Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Suicide, Blood
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Blood, Fire/Fire injury
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Murder
Minor: Drug use