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eve_o's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Child death, and Drug abuse
Minor: Alcohol and Grief
skiz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
frejabitsch'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Drug use, and Rape
Teeth play a big partunder_thebelljar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
clairevalley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
lavieenrose's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit
everyotherpageorso'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Death
Moderate: Self harm
missbee1239's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Self harm, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Drug use, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse
_bookishbrina's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
WARNING: narcissist parent, control freak, cutting/mutilation, violent crime towards children, small town gossip (claustrophobia), gaslighting/guilt trip
(SPOILER)
''A child weaned on poison considers harms as a comfort.''
This story is disappointing in the sense that it's just another psycho women, and the story focuses a lot on sex (which in retrospective, seems pointless).
I hesitated. Should I give this book 4 stars for the anger, the impatience and de discomfort it generated? Not to mention the violent urge to burn the book and forget about it. Or should I give it 1 star because it feels like a sick story, written by someone who is visibly just as sick? Yes, it stimulated a morbid fascination, I was hooked even if I hate characters like Camille. They never do much except hate on themselves and I wish we could stop glamourizing that.
Because no one in their right mind would write something like that. No one. It could have been about the murders. It could have been about the victims. It could have been about small town culture and how fucked up it is. We sort of brushed all those subjects, but never dug deeply. Not deep enough for me, anyway. I think the aim was a VERY dysfonctional family, but it felt like the arrow missed the target by a fucking mile.
I honestly believe that if this book was to fall in the hands of the wrong person, it could cause a lot of damage, mostly self-harm.
I will say this: the ending is satisfying. Justice is served.
YOU WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK IF:
- You like suspens.
-You enjoy a 'good crime' without it being the main focus.
- You're not easily triggered and you have a solid mental health.
UPDATE (2 MONTHS LATER)
- I still think about that book, a lot. So I guess it was better than I thought... Not ready to give it 4 stars, but maybe more like 3.5.
I don't know why, but it really disturbed something in me.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Animal cruelty and Vomit
hannakutlu's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder and Self harm
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma