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Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment
Well this reaction for one was because I have FINALLY finished this book. (I started it just before I graduated highschool this year and i’m ending it at the beginning of college season so that is crazy).
And for the other reason…the ending was INSANE. Especially the last chapter with a whole new plot twist.
Honestly for me I LOVED the storyline and the potential it had. I loved the characters and their complexity. I loved how at the end everything did seem connected especially with the epilogue. The last 100 pages actually and the beginning pages had me hooked. I really couldn’t put the book down.
However, and that is the reason why even with that insane ending i’m still giving the book a 3,5 star rating, I felt like the middle of the book was just…well stories. I didn’t really feel like the book was going to end or that the case was going to be solved. It just felt like an endless back and forth storytelling. I get it. This book was supposed to be a slow burning book but at one point, in my opinion, the book just got…toooooo slow which was also the reason why it took me so long to finish it.
Another thing was that I had the feeling that the story of Tallulah, her mom, her brother, her soon and all the other main and side characters ended way too abrupt. I would have loved to hear a lot more about them in the end or atleast the epilogue or a bonus chapter or anything in that way.
All in all, this book was a very interesting read. Would I read it again? Well yeah…but I would totally skip a lot of chapters in the middle. However, I want and will try to read the other books of Lisa Jewell since I’ve heard that they are also really good.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Kidnapping
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder
Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping
Minor: Drug abuse
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gaslighting
Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Homophobia, Medical content
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder
for me this book is like a gradient between one part and the other.
and what I mean by that is I was pretty bored at the start of this book. i couldn't really get into it because I wasn't into the characters but at the same time, i get that you're not really supposed to like the characters. i felt like the first part was a lot of empty suspense and build up which is obviously important but, I just did not enjoy the first like 150-200 pages.
and then it slowly fades into the second part WHICH I REALLYY LIKED. listen, this book might not have had any big plot twist moments (for me at least), but i was still CAPTIVATED for like the second half of the book.
so that's why i kinda don't know how to describe my feelings lol, the first part is like a 2 stars but the last part is like 4/4.5 stars.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder
Moderate: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault