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things100's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent
jenny_bean_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
I feel like this particular book felt more like a vehicle to introduce more characters that will become a part of the main cast in future books than about the usual crime hunting and family ties. I think perhaps that may have been on purpose, because the crime that occurs in this book feels more senseless to the FMC at the end as well.
I did myself a disservice in not re-reading the first two books in the series before reading this one, a mistake I won't make when I read the fourth book. The world building is so good in the first two, and the character development of the FMC, if I recall correctly, was much more visible in the first two books as well. In this book she's more straight to business of crime investigation. Detective Park is much more protective of letting her get involved, and she actually listens(!!) which I think is the most growth we see out of Lila in this series.
This story did keep me guessing until the reveal. As characters started being eliminated as suspects either by Lila or by circumstance, I still did not have the twist at the end. I figured it had to be one of the newer people on the scene with such focus on the new people in this book, but I did NOT have that pegged down. It added to the cruelty and senselessness of the crimes in this book.
I may update this after re-reading the series for the fourth book, and I would definitely still recommend this awesome series.
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Infidelity
skye_era_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism
cheypreston's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Moderate: Murder and Violence
auudrey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment
Minor: Suicide attempt and Addiction
anntharai's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Suicide, Infidelity, Addiction, Toxic relationship, Death, Alcoholism, and Abandonment
ukponge's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Murder
kdailyreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Grief, and Infidelity
Moderate: Violence and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicide
kshertz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Minor: Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, and Death
uranaishi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Emotional abuse, Classism, Kidnapping, Medical content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Grief, Gun violence, and Infidelity
Minor: Sexual content, Infertility, Pregnancy, and Stalking