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ellilo's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
I hate saying i enjoyed this because it’s not a nice topic to enjoy, but i just love dark and disgusting thriller and horror books. This book had me in a chokehold the past four days, and i barely find time to read so that’s always a good thing about a book for me, fast-paced and packed with adventure so i don’t want to stop reading.
Some of the turns in the story were weird and from the beginning you already know that the guy is bad, but you don’t know about the extent of the cruelty. That was weird for me because i’m used to not knowing who the killer is, in this book it was rather the question who you can trust and what’s the truth.
The ending made me cry, but i have to be honest and i feel really weird saying this:
I heard this book was SO disgusting and graphic, and of course, there were some scenes that made me a bit uncomfortable but i’ve read worse. I don’t think that it’s the description that makes it disgusting, but rather the topic.
I still enjoyed this book! It wasn’t as cruel as i thought it would be and at the same time it was worse. But in a good way.
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Hate crime, Child death, Stalking, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol, Cursing, Alcoholism, Dementia, Eating disorder, Vomit, Car accident, Body shaming, and Excrement
gknott's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Torture, Murder, Violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Drug use, Body horror, Cursing, Gaslighting, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Blood, Death, Addiction, and Confinement
Moderate: Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident
meeklovestoread'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? It's complicated
3.75
If I'm being honest this book wasn't what I thought it was going to be at all. It was one of the thrillers that everyone was talking about because of the crazy twist so I went in blind having no idea what the storyline was or any inclination on what the book was about. Going into it I was completely caught off guard. By going based on the title online I thought it was going to be some high school mean girl revenge story which had me super excited because I have yet to find a thriller that incorporates the horrors of mean-girl culture correctly. I was so excited to read this that I put it above all my books on my tbr. I guess jokes on me for being so overzealous and not just reading the synopsis.
After I realized it wasn't going to be the mean girls' thriller that I hoped it would be I still continued to read it because the missing girl premises still compelled me. I kid you not I did fall asleep a couple of times and as I was reading. I was just feeling very disinterested. Nothing shocking was really happening. I felt like the pacing was pretty slow, but I was already a good chunk in so I figured I'd finished because it was intriguing enough to where I still wanted to keep reading. I have to say this book was pretty gory and grotesque. I'm not really sensitive to stuff like that, but even I found myself wincing and closing my eyes while reading the gory details of what happened to those missing girls.
I have to say the "big twist" sort of slipped me by.
The twist was good, scary even, but it just didn't hit for me.
Graphic: Medical content, Torture, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Suicide, Addiction, Death of parent, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Vomit
sennis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Gore, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Vomit and Addiction
kearac's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Grief
heathermarie08'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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Abandonment, and Addiction
Minor: Vomit and Car accident
g1oielli's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual content, Child death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Trafficking, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Torture, Sexual assault, and Vomit
schnanko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexism, Stalking, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
riella_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Bullying, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Child death, Suicide, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, and Vomit
carolynbruce's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Torture, Gaslighting, Stalking, Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Toxic relationship