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joensign's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Abandonment
Minor: Infidelity, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts
thebookpaiges's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
darkbluereader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Violence and Murder
alexkudej'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
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death and Suicide attempt
mar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
ALSO, WHY IS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS BOOK WITH NO OTHER FANTASY ELEMENTS A PSYCHIC? i thought that him knowing things he shouldn't know about the main character would turn out to mean he's been stalking her or something*, but nope, he's just psychic. hello???????
* he does also literally stalk her later in the book but don't worry about it it's fine when he does it because he's the Nice Guy Love Interest <3
anyway. been a while since a book sucked so bad it made me feel like i was losing my mind, so. thanks. for that.
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, and Death of parent
Minor: Self harm
dorin_d'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
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide
joperceptions'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? It's complicated
3.75
twist. The writing style was easy enough to follow for me. The only comment on that is, I feel as though the character development for supporting characters (important ones too) was just not as strong as it should have been at points. I found myself confused on who certain people were once I hit the end of the book, but that could easily just be a me issue. I’m not going back to check but I feel like it had some minor plot holes, or at least things that weren’t wrapped up in a way that was at all satisfying, nor helpful to answering any questions that the plot twist may have evoked. I feel like the reveal was dropped and somewhere it was forgotten that we’d still want to hear the aftermath (beyond the few pages of whatever we got). And also understand more about wtf that plot
Line was even about and elaborating on it more?? But we got none of that. It’s not a VERY BAD book, it’s actually a really good concept and I like the authors writing style in a general consensus, i just think this book could have been articulated a bit better and it would have been a really good read.
⚠️SPOILER AHEAD⚠️
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
stephmcnutt28's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Characters: To be honest, the characters fell flat for me. Obviously the each had flaws, and there was an attempt to make those flaws a part of the story, but Mariana came off as whiny, petulant, and childish instead of tortured and in a healing process. Everything about her actions felt overly exaggerated.
Plot: the plot was fine until the twist. It felt like nothing really lined up to make the twist seem plausible. It felt more like playing a game with a three year old and partway through the game they change the rules without explanation. The way some of the loose ends were tied up felt hasty and amateur. I just didn’t feel satisfied at the ending.
I did think it was neat how the author tied into The Silent Patient.
Overall, this book did not live up to the social media hype for me.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting
vibingandy'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
4.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
rosereadsalot's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder