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goodnightngo's review against another edition
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Alcohol
gaiadances's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment
aylin05'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? It's complicated
2.5
some of the decisions made seem really unreasonable and unrealistic. like Tom all of a sudden complying and telling Monica about the investigation when he swore not to and said he never would. idk it doesn’t make sense to me. the way it’s written was super confusing and honestly hard to follow. it wasn’t terrible but i also didn’t enjoy it whatsoever either.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Suicide, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault
Minor: Alcohol
hadeshotline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Abortion, and Murder
readsandrants's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Suicide
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, and Abortion
Minor: Child abuse
tooloo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Death and Car accident
Moderate: Pedophilia and Violence
ciareads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief
emilysreadingbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Car accident
Moderate: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Minor: Chronic illness, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent
enmcurrie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I thought it was a great mystery, I’ve read way worse. I actually quite enjoyed this book and almost read it in one sitting. It was so interesting to try and find out how each of the cheerleaders really died. I also loved how it included Monica (one of the cheerleader’s sisters) coming to terms with the fact that her sister (Jen) really did commit suicide, since Monica couldn’t imagine her sister, with a seemingly perfect life, wanting to leave the world. There were little snippets of Jen’s perspective sprinkled in the book, which I think really added to the novel, as the reader ended up getting some information before Monica did. It helped with the understanding. Jen’s storyline was beautiful in a sense, but of course heart wrenchingly sad.
The only problems I had with this book are as follows:
- Too many characters, too much going on
- Too many unanswered questions at the end (as a result of too many characters and individual storylines)
- Ginny. (if u know u know)
I felt like way too much was happening with this book, and I know that’s quite a challenge when you’re reading about 5 deaths all at once, however, there were so many little storylines to try to understand and connect dots with, I feel like less would have been more. Because there were so many characters and storylines taking up pages, the end of the book left me with so many unanswered questions about each of the deaths. It did make the plot drag on and get a bit slow a couple of times in the middle. I knew what had happened to them obviously but I wanted more intricate details. I really wanted a stronger sense of the aftermath, it felt a little lazy to say the murder case would open again and “move slowly”. Not saying I need to know everyone’s exact fate, but it would have been interesting to see how it played out and how much more got uncovered about the cheerleaders and their deaths. I wanted to know more.
Ginny. Don’t even get me started on her. I won’t spoil the book but let’s just say, people that withhold information out of their own selfish feelings and needs are pieces of scum. I always got annoying vibes from her and I was right, which I usually am ;). She was by far my least favourite character. Actually scratch that, she was my second to least favourite since Brandon is legit a pedophile, but anyways.
I know this book is getting mixed reviews but honestly if you love a good mystery I say go for it ! It was a good and intriguing read, just missed the mark on a couple of occasions.
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Violence, and Abortion
Minor: Drug use
angelicathebookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Alcoholism and Mass/school shootings