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Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Abandonment
Minor: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder
I can honestly say I didn't see the end of this book coming, and I ended up siding with characters I sort of hated throughout most of the book and vice versa. This felt very much like watching a movie and while it wasn't always necessarily realistic or terribly intricate, it was entertaining as hell and I didn't really want it to end. This author never disappoints.
Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Body shaming, Infidelity
1) the romance in this felt underdeveloped and frankly a bit forced. the chemistry between the two characters comes out of nowhere given how their dynamic never really changes over the course of the book, and even though it was sweet I didn't really care for it because of how little relationship development there is between them. they still felt like strangers to each other (at least, from my perspective) and it seemed like the only reason they were even paired with each other is because the love interest was the only age-appropriate person within bel's proximity.
2) I had a similar issue with some of jackson's other books (namely a good girl's guide to murder since the structure of the reappearance of rachel price is more similar to that than five survive), but it felt like most of the people were giving information up way too easily. I know bel is characterised as a persistent, "doesn't take no for an answer" type of person, but the way people were giving her the information she needed almost instantaneously without bel having to put up much of a fight felt extremely unrealistic to me. I get it, it's fiction, it's ya, it's meant to be unrealistic, but it still bothered me.
regardless, this book did not disappoint and holly jackson remains an instant-read author for me!
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Dementia, Pregnancy, Alcohol
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment
Graphic: Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Gaslighting
Minor: Kidnapping
Moderate: Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Pregnancy
Graphic: Cursing, Stalking, Abandonment
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Trafficking, Grief, Pregnancy
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Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Stalking, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infertility, Rape