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Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment
Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Murder
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Suicide, Stalking, Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
I'm not usually one for inconclusive endings, and I'm usually the first to sniff out and predict a plot twist in books but the twist in this one took me very much by surprise. I gasped out loud when the major story reveal occurred, I'll admit.
I took this book down in about a couple of hours of reading. I kept finding myself wondering about the world of Theo and Alicia until I finished. The mystery, the will-they, won't-they of it all kept drawing me in until I saw the story to it's conclusion. Michaelides did an amazing job of pacing the story, and I loved the transposed inclusion of Alicia's diary as the plot progressed to reveal more to us about certain characters and their motives as the story went on. I saw in the back that Michaelides mentioned this was to make the reader more invested/caring of Alicia and it definitely worked. I found myself sympathizing with her more and more as the story went on, despite her present lack of communication.
I could go on, but the bottom line is (haha): if you are even mildly intrigued by mystery or thriller novels, please pick this one up. It's worth it.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Rape, Vomit