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jrosebartoli415's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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 abuse, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, and Murder
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: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, and Murder
strawhat_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, Suicide, and Murder
mamasuereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, and Murder
loririder71's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.5
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Self harm and Suicide
Minor: Child death
_amandawells'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: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting
dogearedbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
lovelymisanthrope's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"Kill for Me, Kill for You" is a twisty, multiple points of view mystery that follows two women as they face the men that have destroyed their lives. Amanda's daughter was kidnapped and murdered, and she has not been able to move on since. She knows who committed this horrendous act, but without more evidence, he walks free. At a grief group, Amanda meets Wendy, a woman who also lost her child, and over an evening of drinks, they decide to kill for each other. Across town, Ruth was brutally attacked in her home. She desperately tries to remember who broke in, but she is struggling to recall details.
I enjoyed this story much more than I thought I would. Amanda is deeply flawed because of all of the heartbreak she has gone through. You want to root for her, but you also know that not every decision she makes is great. Ruth feels unhinged, and rightfully so. She was attacked in her home and no longer feels safe anywhere, and my heart just went out to her.
For the majority of the story, I was waiting for the inevitable connection between Amanda and Ruth. I knew their stories were going to weave together somehow, but I did not anticipate what the true connection was going to be. I loved it! The author did a great job of making the story believable, but unpredictable at the same time.
The ending was one of my favorite parts of this book, which is not normally what I think about thrillers. I did not see the ending coming, and because there were multiple points of view, I felt like I got two equally satisfying endings. One character had some concrete resolution that really made the story feel full circle. The other character was left to be a little ambiguous, which was a fun way to leave an air of mystery.
I highly recommend this book, and I look forward to reading more from Steve Cavanagh in the future.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Infertility
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, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, and Self harm
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: Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis