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madlain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, and Mental illness
Moderate: Blood, Stalking, and Pregnancy
Minor: Vomit
eviethebookworm's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, and Vomit
elle_laine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape
Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Miscarriage, Bullying, Death of parent, and Vomit
Minor: Cursing
nithilakumar's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Vomit, Sexual assault, and Rape
'aselin'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
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Rape, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Grief, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
cherrypiejay's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Car accident, Torture, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Rape, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Violence, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship
inkell's review
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, Infertility, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
v171's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
The good: Paced how you'd expect a thriller book to be paced. The twists at the end were interesting.
The bad: I don't like the concept of an unreliable narrator being used as a plot device. It was burdensome to have to mentally track what was true and false throughout the entire story. I found all of the characters to be unlikable, but I think some were written in a way that I was supposed to sympathize with them. Shifting POV is fine when done well, but I found it to be disruptive in this book. However, the automatic 1 star for me was the multiple instances of rape and sexual assault. There are better, more creative ways to make me to hate a character than making them a rape a woman in a coma. I found it to be a lazy way to add shock factor to a story that didn't need i
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infertility, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Cancer and Vomit
ellalafontant's review
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Cancer