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toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book is good in the same way that reality TV is good, or in the same way that eating an entire bowl of candy is good. You have a good time while you're experiencing it, but when you're done, you're like - wtf? This book was wild in good ways and bad ways. I don't even know how to talk about this book without giving away spoilers, so I'm leaving it at that. That, and - this book serves as a perfect reminder that if you take medication and you haven't taken it yet today, make sure you take it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Gaslighting, Car accident, Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Drug abuse and Cancer
Minor: Fatphobia
horizonous's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- 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? Yes
2.5
Here's the thing, I think this is the most readable book Riley Sager has written so far. With every other of his books I hit a point where I had to force myself to keep going because he couldn't really hold my interest. Not with this one. I mean, it wasn't good, frankly it got quite stupid, but I kept reading it in two days without feeling I'm hate-reading it, which says something, I guess 🤷🏻♀️
I can understand why some people really hated this, because of the(some of) it is just a movie twist in the end, but I suspected as much from the beginning because of how the prologue is written and the chapter titles , so I wasn't really surprised. The "she sees movies in her head" situation is a lazy device to make a protagonist unreliable, the reveal of the killer is just 🙄 but what really, really annoyed me is the fact that Charlie MARRIED HER KIDNAPPER!!? 🤬 I mean, really?
Up until that point I thought, depending on the premise, Riley Sager might be an author I will pick up in the future if I feel a bit slumpy and need something quick, but I just can't get over the fact how dumb his female protagonists all are, and so far Charlie definitely takes the cake.
I can understand why some people really hated this, because of the
Up until that point I thought, depending on the premise, Riley Sager might be an author I will pick up in the future if I feel a bit slumpy and need something quick, but I just can't get over the fact how dumb his female protagonists all are, and so far Charlie definitely takes the cake.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Moderate: Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Murder
◦ Death = friend◦ Mental illness = Depression, hallucinations
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