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Amazing YA thriller, got me hooked right from the start. I loved the plot of the book, and the characters. Drew stood out to me the most because of how determined he was to find his girlfriend. I honestly kind of suspected the plot twist because of how
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Murder
Minor: Child death, Grief, Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma, Death of parent
Graphic: Child death, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Kidnapping
Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Stalking
Minor: Death of parent
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Child death
It’s not bad - I was rooting for Lola to find a happy ending - but I thought that realistically, it was a bit weird that a bunch of teenagers were trying to investigate their friend’s disappearance and actually did a much better job than the professionals. I know they’re trying to make Roane as the bad guy but the fact that his character is very black or white without any character development is very YA of the author.
I was quite impressed by Wayne Boone’s motive for kidnapping and keeping those girls hostages (it sounded legit) but he felt very safe as a serial killer. There were no knife/gun/weapon use, no sexual assault, no nothing. Maybe I’ve read way too many gory thrillers but he was very mild compared to them and so I couldn’t take him seriously.
I also had some questions regarding Madison’s accident at the start of the story; was she really in a car accident and that’s where Wayne kidnapped her or did he cause it in the first place? I thought he grabbed her at her apartment mailbox? What happened to her car then?
Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Child death, Violence