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lucyrosemack's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
i didn’t like this book. it was long, the twists weren’t obvious but also the first twist in which we find out that the thing is a prison and then anna is the murderer of aidens sister was out of left field in the worst way. it made sense for context but if there was anything to expand on more of, it would have been that. i liked the ending of the mystery, but i didn’t need the context, not really, and i feel like it kind of detracted from the feelings i had toward the main characters.
also, it was an incredibly long book, and it didn’t need to be. there were details, little checkhov gun moments that paid off, but there were also things said that didn’t pay off, characters given too much weight or time for them to not be important at all. i also think that the setting and the timing could have been structured better, considering that was the entire content of the book, yet i still found myself confused. there were too many words in this book for the payoff, and i wish that each body he inhabits had more consistency in the amount of things we learn about them and the complaints he has about them.
for example, ravencourt is the third host, and he comes in very early and stays for a long time in the book, and yet the entire time he was in the body, we heard graphic and extreme complaints about the weight of his host and the excruciating life of a person in a bigger body. the next body he goes into is that if a rapists, and he doesn’t seem to complain as much right off the bat the same way he does with ravencourt, and at one point i believe compares the two and says that at least he can move around more, which is so fucked up. in what world is being fat comparable to being a rapist in terms of horridness.
just really poorly done for a really interesting idea of a groundhog day, different body each day, timed, dinner party murder mystery. two hundred pages less and a few less negative comments and maybe a more consistent approach, and it would have been great. i think this book dies in trying to do too much.
also, it was an incredibly long book, and it didn’t need to be. there were details, little checkhov gun moments that paid off, but there were also things said that didn’t pay off, characters given too much weight or time for them to not be important at all. i also think that the setting and the timing could have been structured better, considering that was the entire content of the book, yet i still found myself confused. there were too many words in this book for the payoff, and i wish that each body he inhabits had more consistency in the amount of things we learn about them and the complaints he has about them.
for example, ravencourt is the third host, and he comes in very early and stays for a long time in the book, and yet the entire time he was in the body, we heard graphic and extreme complaints about the weight of his host and the excruciating life of a person in a bigger body. the next body he goes into is that if a rapists, and he doesn’t seem to complain as much right off the bat the same way he does with ravencourt, and at one point i believe compares the two and says that at least he can move around more, which is so fucked up. in what world is being fat comparable to being a rapist in terms of horridness.
just really poorly done for a really interesting idea of a groundhog day, different body each day, timed, dinner party murder mystery. two hundred pages less and a few less negative comments and maybe a more consistent approach, and it would have been great. i think this book dies in trying to do too much.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual violence, Rape, Medical content, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Death
lovely_lisa's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- 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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism and Animal death
Minor: Rape
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