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rakizaka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Car accident
beansbooksandbiology's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident
juliarenae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Death, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting
bloodredscar832'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
3.5
The writing was descriptive, which I prefer, however I agree with other reviews saying this book could have been 100 pages less and still worked/ been even better.
After reading, I looked at reviews and searched up the author, and just - wow. Yeah, I do not support him at all. I know that he probably shouldn’t affect the way that I view the book, but he does. What a terrible guy.
All-in-all, it was good for what it was, but nowhere near the best psychological thriller I have read/ will read. If I had known anything about the movies that the protagonist was watching, I would have 100% been able to predict the plot.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty and Stalking
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Misogyny, Car accident, and Death of parent
mblanke'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
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
frantically'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
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, and Infidelity
Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
keijiwolf'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
4.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Injury/Injury detail
zoemain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
A couple other things I didn’t like: the constant movie quoting, the huge deal that was made out of an earring on David’s (Anna’s tenant) nightstand that ended up being forgotten about and having no meaning, Anna being rude and suspicious of David when it was uncalled for, how slowly Anna took action, how Anna didn’t check her photos for evidence sooner and how Anna’s agoraphobia seemed to turn off every time it was be convenient for the author for her to go outside. Oh, and the dramatic, far-fetched fight at the end of the novel was ridiculous.
I can put all of the previous paragraph’s listed annoyances aside, but I won’t recommend this to a friend solely because of the snail pacing.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
ksomers's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
I loved the film scenes being used throughout the book - it built tension and echoed some of Anna’s suspicions and fears.
I wish we saw more of Alistair deteriorating after Ethan kills his mom. we only really saw him get violent with Anna once in desperation and then Anna mentions him drinking a beer on the couch. I would have liked to see more of that through Anna’s eyes watching the house but also that’s hard because we only have her point of view so I’m not sure if there would’ve been a believable way to do more than what AJ Finn did.
Definitely would recommend this book ESPECIALLY if you’re in a reading slump! I couldn’t put it down.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Alcohol