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kirnet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Suicide
Minor: Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Homophobia
tenderbench'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
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Suicide, and Stalking
Minor: Car accident, Child death, Excrement, Cancer, and Sexual harassment
azazellos_fang's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Stalking, Ableism, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, and Suicide
kmsander4'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
On the one hand, I really struggled to get into this book. The first 50 pages or so felt like a real slog. Katrina kept slipping in and out of her "dream world" and I was having to contend with paragraphs explaining geometry to me. I left geometry back in school. I couldn't figure out what it was doing in a book that was described as a page-turning thriller.
Then, all of a sudden, it turned. The twists started to appear. Characters started to become shadier and shadier, fewer things were adding up, clues kept leading Katrina all over the place. Now, the pages were really turning. I wanted to see where this was going. I began to understand Katrina's dream world. I even realized the purpose of the geometry talk as it guided me through the evolving storyline that quickly become more twisted and convulted.
The ending? Well, I saw some of it coming but certainly not all of it. Clues that I thought were being dropped for me to connect, turned out to be big fat red herrings. And who doesn't love a good red herring?
So, in short, yes, the first chunk feels a bit tedious but once you push through it, the thriller really shines!
Graphic: Suicide, Mental illness, Stalking, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Murder and Vomit
Minor: Gun violence, Violence, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Car accident, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Cancer