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This book was sitting in my Amazon cart because I heard If it through tik tok. But then a friend invited me for book club for it and wow. I’m so glad I got It. The store kept me on my toes and kept having to say “just one more chapter” and then read the book in one sitting. The plot twist got me. I’m usually good at guessing the twists and had idea from the store but it got me! Highly suggest this book.

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dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

Decent book. The ending was a little bit of a let down but overall the book kept me guessing.

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czaberdac's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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vynlikesreading's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Unrelated but this book made me realize that I almost exclusively read books written by women. I hated all the men in this book-- yes even Theo(the MC) before the plot twist, I thought he was pathetic. I also despised how the female MC wasn't taken seriously at all regarding her mental health and paranoia, but I think it reflects the real world where male doctors don't take women as seriously so kudos to the author for that. The characters are obviously written to be disliked so I have to begrudgingly say the character writing is good. Writing style was interesting, it feels ranty sometimes but that's purposeful so +1 point for that as well. Now let's get to the meat of the book; the plot. The way the plot points are connected is very interesting; you are left with a bunch of questions at the start of the book and the plot twist ties all those questions together. I guessed half of the plot twist since about 40% so I wouldn't say it's too shocking(I read virtually no thriller so my guessing the plot twist isn't a good sign). I really like the exploration of damaged people being unsalvageable and how therapy is merely a tool, not a solution. I enjoyed the book; it was a page turner and pulled me along a string to keep reading but I felt something was missing so only 4 stars.

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crownoftamriel's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I am not a detective, murder mystery person, I'm just..not. This is labeled as psychological thriller, but since there's a "who dun it" start, I was worried we would follow some new detective finding his stride. That is not what this book is. I'm shocked, I loved it. I ended up binging this from the (according to my kindle) 40% make and just finished the rest in that day. No character is lovable, the twist wasn't obvious until well the one chapter where it was and I was genuinely shocked. I'm sure for some "it was predictable", but Alicia just wasn't set up for success in any capacity and as someone who usually is great at predicting, I totally missed it. Really enjoyed this book overall, I felt like it was a nice pace too. Thanks to #booktok for dropping this recommendation and it actually being good!

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