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mikmocha's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
The beginning was great, I was captured by the story and kept wanting to dive deeper in. There was a lot of fatphobia going on in the first 95% of the book.
But the ending….WTF was that??? The book quite literally could have ended with Adele switching bodies with Louise and that be that. Rob could have remained as a side character and his murder be the reason why Adele would want to switch into Louise’s body- to absolve David of any crime, a fresh start for Adele in Louise’s body and refocus on their relationship.
But no, in the last couple of pages the only gay character (which we don’t find that fact out until the very end) is now the villain??? Who not only killed actual Adele, killed actual Louise but is now also planning on killing Louise’s child?? Wtf? This is feeding into a lot of homophobic tropes that are quite damaging and harmful.
I would not suggest this book and I’m not reading more from this author.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
abbs15norm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, and Toxic friendship
thefictionalhevschwar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Stalking
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
lilacvictim's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Grief
Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, Murder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Alcoholism
Minor: Abortion
horrorghoul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
*****SPOILERS*****
About the book: Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone.When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man from the bar. The very married man from the bar…who says the kiss was a terrible mistake but who still can’t keep his eyes off Louise.And then Louise bumps into Adele, who’s new to town and in need of a friend, but she also just happens to be married to David. David and Adele look like the picture-perfect husband and wife, but then why is David so controlling, and why is Adele so scared of him?As Louise is drawn into David and Adele’s orbit, she uncovers more puzzling questions than answers. The only thing that is crystal clear is that something in this marriage is very, very wrong, but Louise can’t guess how wrong―and how far a person might go to protect their marriage’s secrets.
Release Date: January 31st, 2017
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Pages: 307
Rating: 3.5 ⭐⭐⭐ 1/2
What I Liked:
• Fast paced book
• You want to know what's going to happen
What I Didn't Like:
• I don't understand the point of breaking the book up with "Part one, part two... Etc..."
• The direction of this book
• The ending
• All the fucking wine! So many mentions!
Overall Thoughts: Talk about a book that can evoke do many different emotions in only 300 pages. On one hand you're cheering for Louise at the beginning to hating her by the end (she's honestly a shit person who seems to ditch her child even after he's been gone for a month) to Adele who you wonder what shit she's been through herself and why she's such an obsessive crazy bitch. By the ending you just feel bad that she got sucked into this mess.
The beginning of the book you fucking hate hate and hate David by the ending you want to hug him.
Have you every seen Hannibal Holocaust? So the story goes that the people making the film wanted to create something to shock people so badly. They added terrible scenes of animal killings as well as rape scenes. That's how I felt about this book. The author changes the book from a psychological thriller to a science fiction book. By the last few pages your maybe remembering this happening somewhere before but in a different way.... There's a movie starring Kate Hudson that's called The Skeleton Key; in that movie they use Hoodoo to switch bodies and keep body jumping. Oh then that final twist I didn't see coming but it didn't feel like it added anything. The way it's all described from Adele and David's pov it all seens so rushed and random. The way they both described Rob didn't lead anyone to think he loved David or even liked him. There's no way you woukd habe thought that. Plus the notebook left behind comes off like he's in Lust of Adele, but Louise mentioned that pages were torn out, so perhaps Adele aka Rob removed them so she didn't know. Dude that ending though just seemed so added at last minute. I looked back on the book and he just talks shit about him and doesn't even try to stick around when David came to the clinic to see Adele.
Final Thoughts: That ending thought it was going to make me love this book but nope.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship