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The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll

6 reviews

slytle's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Death, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Murder, Eating disorder, Infertility, Fatphobia, and Sexism

runilareads's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Title: The Favorite Sister
Author: Jessica Knoll
Series: N/A
Release Date: May 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Rating: 2 stars

Favourite character: Layla
Least favourite character: Stephanie

Mini-Review: What. The. Actual. Crap. Okay so... I have a lot to say about this book but I'm going to try and condense it. First things first is that for a thriller it's not very... thrilling. For the first 3/4 of the book nothing happens and then all of a sudden so much happens you can hardly keep track of it. I didn't like the use of present tense for what were supposed to be flashbacks. And Brett and Stephanie's "voices" for their povs felt similar so I often forgot whose I was reading from if I stopped in the middle of a chapter. The characters were insufferable and honestly, this book is high school drama with money and reality tv but with adults. Would've been a one star but I gave it the extra star for shocking me at the end.

Fan Cast:
Brett Courtney - Barbie Ferreira
Kelly Courtney - Maiara Walsh
Stephanie Simmons - Teyonah Parris
Lauren Bunn - Halston Sage
Jen Greenberg - Emma Dumont
Vince DeMarco - Toby Leonard Moore
Jesse Barnes - Debi Mazar
Lisa - Kristin Chenoweth
Arch - Ritu Arya
Dr. Chugh - Archie Panjabi
Yvette Greenberg - Parker Posey
Satya - Ace Bhatti

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Sexual content, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Murder, Mental illness, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Violence, Rape, and Racism

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Abortion

More than halfway through the book one of the main characters starts to think suicidal thoughts and attempts to murder a child before eventually killing herself and her husband by driving off a cliff

avidreader8725's review against another edition

Not a good read. Petty women, confusing character list at the beginning, plethora of triggers. I rarely don’t finish books, but i won’t miss out on this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Lesbophobia

heyashjp's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Homophobia, and Murder

jackieyvette's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I was a big fan Jessica Knoll first novel ‘Luckiest Girl Alive’ and decided to give this one a go, but found myself missing the quality it had. The characters are all flawed, but there is no build to make them likeable they are just big balls of flaw. 

Crying Score: not a tear shed. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Racism

uhhlexiconic's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The choice to unravel the women through each others' narratives sometimes felt a little too pointed, as if Brett and Stephanie's narrations knew the other was thinking about them. However, this idea fascinated me, and kept me going through the book. The choice to make their narrations lie, on the other hand, felt strange at some points and a cheat in others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Body shaming

Moderate: Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcoholism