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melliedm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I’ve seen the movie before, and even though I knew most of the twists, the text was still very worthwhile. Lots of background and perspective shifts that a movie simply can’t portray, and the movie also changes the main character into an addict, which impacts the plot thoroughly.
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Violence, Gore, Car accident, Ableism, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Rape, and Gaslighting
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Terminal illness
kaitrenwick's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Racial slurs, and Gore
Moderate: Trafficking
Minor: Sexual assault
bookblonde's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Confinement
Moderate: Trafficking, Vomit, Cancer, and Alcoholism
Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault
beckytheiceboxoshea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual assault
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
kweenreads'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
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Ableism, Murder, Bullying, Mental illness, and Gun violence
michelle_my_belle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Ableism, Death, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Trafficking, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Cancer
brooklynlaura's review against another edition
Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Moderate: Violence, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, and Torture
Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Racism
biblio_millie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Trafficking, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Death of parent
mixpix's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Trafficking, Racism, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape
buer's review
- 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
I want to like this book - it’s fast-paced, easy to read, and has an overarching theme of a young woman realizing that she is a better, stronger, and more resilient person than she could have ever imagined. Taylor Adams has a simple, visceral writing style that I like and introduces several interesting twists.
However. Much like one of the characters in this book, Adams feels like the kind of person who knows how to convincingly wear a mask. The mask he has chosen is that he’s the kind of person who believes that women are strong and capable, but considering that he sexualizes every female character in his book with varying degrees of brutality, I’m not convinced.
I also find it difficult to enjoy a book in which the author goes out of his way to introduce prejudice into the story. Taylor names an imaginary geographical landmark with a slur. He has a character tell multiple misogynistic jokes and a racist one that involves yet another slur. He uses the r-word and repeatedly references a probably homophobic piece of graffiti that he invented for the bathroom wall at the rest stop.
Maybe I’m wrong about Taylor, but I can’t recommend this book in good conscience. There are too many moments that got under my skin for reasons that weren’t serving the plot or adding depth to characters.
There are plenty other books that accomplish what this book does without also reeking of ick. Read those instead.
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Torture, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Animal death, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Addiction, Bullying, Ableism, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury