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beckyyreadss's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Suicide, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, and Grief
novellearts's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Death, Pedophilia, Murder, Child death, and Mental illness
straw_hat_kd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, and Suicide
becca1997's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
theinstabookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Murder, and Suicide
Moderate: Self harm, Pedophilia, Rape, Infertility, and Cancer
hey_abijo's review
- 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
Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Cursing, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Gun violence
Minor: Blood and Alcohol
honey_coated_chapters's review
5.0
𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 4/5
𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔: 352
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: mystery/crime
𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆: revenge plots served extra hot and loose ends.
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This hooked me in from the first chapter. There’s alternating POVs per chapter (3-4 POVs in total) and each one ended on a cliffhanger that just had me at the edge of my seat. The twists and connections are honestly riveting, this author may be up there with Alice Feeney for best twists. But, I also didn’t totally mind it because the story was still put together neatly. The “swapping murders” premise was such a thrilling concept, I know it’s not entirely original but the execution was near perfect. The way our characters describe their thought process along with their motives, it honestly hard to put down. I liked the detail that went in to each of their chapters, it’s not totally gory but there is descriptions of crime scenes that provide just enough information to give you some chills but not too much to where you’re turned off entirely. There’s a crime aspect that I appreciated while we were able to see how another character (detective) makes his connections. I will say that I had to suspend my belief just a little bit — some parts are over the top, I didn’t mind but it’s worth mentioning if you like your thrillers true to life. Aside from that, 4 stars is just for my own selfishness because we don’t get answers! We don’t know why certain ~things~ happened.
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Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
reading_under_covers's review against another edition
4.5
The alternating POVs and short chapters made this one so hard to put down. I loved seeing everything come together and definitely understand the hype behind this one!
I’m also just always intrigued when stories go the Strangers on a Train route and thought it was utilized really well here!
**Just a note that this book does deal with very heavy topics**
Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Murder
shellysbookcorner's review
4.0
This was my first time reading this author and it was a good read! The book started out with a bang and didn't let up. Now I did call one twist, but there was another one that left me stunned. Well played, Steve Cavanagh. Now as far as the ending goes I'm not 100% sure how I feel because I felt one character got off way too easy and the one good deed doesn't eliminate all of the other terrible things they did throughout the story.
Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Child death, and Death of parent
ashliej's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, Suicide, and Mental illness
Moderate: Grief and Kidnapping
Minor: Infertility, Rape, and Pedophilia