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greatexpectations77's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I was afraid at the beginning of this book that the whole story-out-of-order thing was going to be gimmicky, but I was totally hooked. The writing isn't overly flowery, but it absolutely kept me on my toes. The main character totally needs to get herself together, which felt really real and human. Would def read this one again because I imagine it's a different experience in book form. It would also be interesting to read it in the correct order.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Abandonment
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Car accident, Dementia, Murder, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Sexual content, Blood, Self harm, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Miscarriage, and Terminal illness
noladawnreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Physical abuse, Gun violence, and Chronic illness
Minor: Death of parent
suneaters's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Corinne's disappearance has left a large impact on her hometown. Corinne's boyfriend Jackson, her friend Nic, brother Danial, and Nic's boyfriend Tyler are all involved, but not all secrets can stay buried. Nic is the only one that ends up leaving the town while the others stay behind. She comes back to help her ailing father. Then, the girl Tyler is dating (Annaleise) goes missing. The story is told backwards to reveal the truth of that night Corinne went missing and what is currently happening in the town. When Corinne went missing, Annaleise was the one that gave the group an alibi. She has been blackmailing Patrick and now tries to do the same to Nic, thinking Nic has money because of Everett (her rich fiancee). One of the pictures Annaleise took shows a body on the porch and she thinks it is Corinne. What happened was Nic hit Corinne with a car. Her father, in trying to make up for his bad parenting, buried the body under the garage. Annaleise ends up calling Daniel's wife Laura to implicate the family in Corinne's death, but Laura ends up killing her to save the life she has after being brought to the brink. Nic figures out what Laura did and warns her brother Daniel to get rid of the gun. Daniel gets rid of Corinne's body. Nic says she doesn't know about the body when Daniel and Tyler find it, but Nic mentions her ability to get Tyler to do what she wants. With this and the way she mention taking the dare and Corinne's surprise, we wonder if the "accident" was on purpose. Nic saw a dare in Corinne's eyes to keep driving when she was on the side of the road as a hitchhiker just like how Corinne had dared Nic to ride on the outside of a ferris wheel. Nic has been trying to make sure her father doesn't talk to the police and that's really why she came back, so he won't sell the house with the body in it or tell the police what happened to "that girl". At some point, Nic's fiancee shows up to help, but Nic keeps having to lie to him and he begins to realize Nic isn't the girl he thought she was. Nic realizes she has to stay in Cooley Ridge to keep an eye on everyone who knows what happened to Corinne all those years ago. She breaks up with him, gives Tyler an alibi, and ends up pregnant with his child and living with her father in Tyler's house. In the end, she is trapped in Cooley Ridge even though she tried so hard to escape. Generally, a depressing story of female friendship twisted into something awful and a group of people trapped together by their own lies.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Murder
Minor: Chronic illness and Physical abuse
toribrake17's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Chronic illness, and Toxic friendship
erinjulia's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The way the story is told backwards can be slightly confusing, but it did have a good ending
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Miscarriage
Moderate: Violence, Suicide, and Gun violence
Minor: Alcoholism, Sexual content, and Chronic illness
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