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karina_dreamsinwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
The story follows multiple POV's as we try to unravel the mystery of what happened to the bride on the morning of her ultra glamorous wedding day. We start off with the female main characters POV months in the past and slowly count down to the wedding of her estranged best friend (to her ex-boyfriend no less). From the get go we know the FMC, Amaya, has only one goal in mind- to stop the wedding from happening. As the story unfolds, we get the POV of different characters involved in the lives of the bride & FMC as they are interviewed by private authorities. I loved this aspect because you really learn so much about the intricacies between characters, whether its friendship, romantic relations, or familial relationships. Not to mention learning some juicy secrets along the way!
The middle bit can seem a bit convoluted due to the big character list while keeping up with all the ins & outs of who is who (and who knows who, and who the heck is this person???) but I just kept it rollin' and was able to piece my confusion together. I will say that I thought the ending was a bit far fetched, but nonetheless, I really enjoyed the heck out of this!!
If you are a reality tv show junkie and love the DRAMA of it all, I think you will enjoy this too.
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Self harm
Minor: Pedophilia
shania_danieluk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Self harm
Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Car accident
b_gutermann'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? It's complicated
2.25
Graphic: Cursing, Self harm, Alcohol, and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, and Gun violence
sallysimply's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Self harm
Moderate: Toxic friendship
Minor: Pedophilia
disasterwarlock'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
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Self harm
Moderate: Emotional abuse
suhmown's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Self harm, Pedophilia, and Domestic abuse
marpaige'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
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Self harm
Minor: Death of parent, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Pedophilia
dhutton1997's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Car accident, Chronic illness, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Violence, Self harm, Stalking, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
bekah1210's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Self harm, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Pedophilia
cass_lit's review against another edition
2.5
I’ll start with what I loved: the discussions on friendship breakups; the setting; the overall plot. But while I liked the premise, I have a lot of issues with this book. Our main character harms herself a lot and it’s never discussed in a way that makes the reader know it’s not okay. All of the characters sucked, but the ultimate bad guy really sucked. And we would have known they sucked just with everything they’d done BUT then the author added on that they were also a pedophile. It was irrelevant and we would have understood the characters’ motives fine enough without that addition.
Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death of parent, Pedophilia, and Emotional abuse