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paulakrista's review
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
princessleopard's review
3.0
Preface: I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
For the first 90% of this novel, I was super on board. Interesting premise, neat cast of characters, strong main character/POV in particular (our lead is a super interesting, conflict character)...it was a good time, easily a 4 to 4.5-star read. Unfortunately, I found the actual conclusion to be pretty underwhelming. It's one of those thrillers where the ending is just the craziest thing that could possibly happen, without any real rhyme or reason. The power of money makes basically anything possible. Everything ends up feeling pretty contrived, unfortunately. To be honest, the ending I was hoping for was it would all be some sort of AR thing, since that was set up prior and I felt some of the characters had depth we didn't get to explore because of the sequence in which they died, but sadly that wasn't the case.
Overall, it was still an interesting, fast-paced read, but probably not one I'll revisit.
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
For the first 90% of this novel, I was super on board. Interesting premise, neat cast of characters, strong main character/POV in particular (our lead is a super interesting, conflict character)...it was a good time, easily a 4 to 4.5-star read. Unfortunately, I found the actual conclusion to be pretty underwhelming. It's one of those thrillers where the ending is just the craziest thing that could possibly happen, without any real rhyme or reason. The power of money makes basically anything possible. Everything ends up feeling pretty contrived, unfortunately. To be honest, the ending I was hoping for was it would all be some sort of AR thing, since that was set up prior and I felt some of the characters had depth we didn't get to explore because of the sequence in which they died, but sadly that wasn't the case.
Overall, it was still an interesting, fast-paced read, but probably not one I'll revisit.
jlen's review
3.0
I was not a fan of this book. It had so much extraneous information I was super bored for most of it. It also had a really slow start. The actual scavenger hunt game was interesting enough, but it was such a short part of the book. Most of it was following Caitlin around during her life, listening to her reasoning out why she was the way she was. It was difficult for me not to skip paragraphs, sometimes even pages. But it was well written, I didn't notice any errors, and might be interesting to others.
I received a free copy of this book for an honest review.
I received a free copy of this book for an honest review.
madarauchiha's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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This book is amazing and the conclusion will slap you upside the head. I recommend reading it if you like damn good plot twists. It's medium paced, female mc is flawed, kind of heartless but its complicated, and I like that. Sometimes when books have rich, bougie characters, the author / plot expects us to sympathize with them. Not here. The rich female mc's flaws are laid out clinically and without remorse. here she is, expect who you will. I do like that the pacing is consistent and let's the characters be fleshed out. Sometimes books will introduce a person, and then off them the next chapter. Not here.
cw: rape, domestic abuse, manipulation, date rape, slave owner mentions, murder, alcohol, addiction, some mild gore, guns, suicide, infidelity, child on child sexual harassment , death, and others I may have missed.
This book is amazing and the conclusion will slap you upside the head. I recommend reading it if you like damn good plot twists. It's medium paced, female mc is flawed, kind of heartless but its complicated, and I like that. Sometimes when books have rich, bougie characters, the author / plot expects us to sympathize with them. Not here. The rich female mc's flaws are laid out clinically and without remorse. here she is, expect who you will. I do like that the pacing is consistent and let's the characters be fleshed out. Sometimes books will introduce a person, and then off them the next chapter. Not here.
cw: rape, domestic abuse, manipulation, date rape, slave owner mentions, murder, alcohol, addiction, some mild gore, guns, suicide, infidelity, child on child sexual harassment , death, and others I may have missed.
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