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rochelleisreading's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Infidelity
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Death, and Domestic abuse
aileron's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Animal death, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Stalking, Suicide, Cancer, Abandonment, and Terminal illness
shesflippinpages'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Stalking, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Murder, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma
Minor: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Cancer, Homophobia, Animal cruelty, Police brutality, Vomit, Addiction, Body shaming, Infertility, Outing, Car accident, and Eating disorder
depmythmoon'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This book takes what would you do for the ones you love to a whole new level.
The story was told via a then and now timeline (which I used an unfortunate number of tabs to annotate), and it was interesting to slowly figure out who committed the 2 murders. I will say, the author does keep the reader waiting and questioning things until the very end. Too many times throughout the book, I found myself throwing out wild accusations between the sisters and others to the point I gave up trying to see where this book was going. The reveal ended up being both expected and unexpected in a way that left me feeling bested. I like it.
Ms. Marshall, the author, did a great job at creating characters that were layered and complicated. Being able to see how each layer was revealed as the story went on was enjoyable, and it made me feel like I didn’t really know any of them in a way that worked. It’s interesting to see how the sisters’ personalities shifted from then compared to now. It’s almost like they adopted each others personalities as a way to cope and rebrand themselves after their parents’ deaths. The parents… now they were just terrible and sick in such a careful way that I found myself disgusted with them at times… or pretty much every time they were mentioned. The abuse they put these girls through is something no one should have to experience, and it makes sense how the girls ended up the way they are. It leaves the reader wondering whether or not their death was for the best. I’m not one to judge whether or not someone deserves life or not… but I’ll say that the world did not lose anything with their deaths; I’ll be honest.
What did kind of frustrate me was how some questions remained unanswered to the very end. They’re not truly focused on and don’t impact the main plot that’s being told much, but I would have liked to know the answers regardless. The father had some deeper layers than being a terrible father, and I would have liked to know more about the secrets he was keeping. Also, the development between Emma and Gabriel didn’t feel fully developed as a subplot. They have a complicated past, sure, but how they move forward given this past felt a little… off.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, and Drug use
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Murder, Drug abuse, and Infidelity
Minor: Eating disorder and Sexual content
ashleechmiel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Murder, Homophobia, Gun violence, Eating disorder, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
mtnest's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Abandonment, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, Animal death, Pregnancy, Stalking, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug use, and Infidelity
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Excrement, Car accident, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abortion, Addiction, and Miscarriage
kimveach'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Medical trauma, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Child abuse, Car accident, Drug use, Self harm, Drug abuse, Bullying, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, and Toxic relationship
thebookpear's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Child abuse
Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug use
Minor: Miscarriage