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naliyah's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Blood
bookswithlauren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Sexual content, Torture, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
scarlettereads's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Rose is insufferable for most of this book. It was hard to read, especially when the audio performer made her voice so bloody whiny.
Nothing really happens until the last two-ish hours of this (audio)book. It’s pretty boring, overall. (Except for when Adrian buys Rose countless perfumes. Seriously weird way of flirting. Like, you smell good enough to eat, but you’d be mouthwatering with a little seasoning? 🧐)
I’m going to read book three anyway because I’m putting off reading a new release that I’m sure will break my heart a bit.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Alcohol, Death, Pedophilia, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use
aliciadreaming's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
3.0
Graphic: Murder
abby_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
My main hang up is the developing relationship between Rose and Dimitri.
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Gore
Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Alcohol, Addiction, and Bullying
Minor: Death of parent and Mental illness
meheehee'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
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Alcohol
ercon's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Murder and Death
Moderate: Addiction
nicichels's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping
feuillycakes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I enjoyed the character growth in this book. Rose acknowledges her faults and tries to fix them, with little success but still she tries. Her relationship with her mother is very interesting to see and the way it changes as Rose grows as a person and gains new experiences is really quite nice to read.
The thing with Dimitri is still not icking me out like I thought it would. It’s a tiny bit uncomfortable but the reasons are discussed in the book and they do make an effort to move on.
Lissa remains largely personality-less though there are hints to her caring about Rose every so often. She’s very caught up in her boyfriend though and that’s most of her personality.
I was surprised at how this book does not shy away from the inherent horror and trauma of the situations these characters find themselves in. It’s very heavy and Rose most certainly has some sort of ptsd that is shown through flashbacks. Truly, this was darker than I expected it to be and the larger mystery and action had me quite hooked.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, and Torture
Minor: Child death
simba524'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
4.5
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Blood, and Sexual content
Minor: Mental illness, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury