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steepedpages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
toonyballoony's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, and Suicide
If the suspense of Jacob’s outcome stresses you out, I’ll spoil it by sayingdexkit10'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual content
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
The narration was extremely well done.
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Classism, and Medical content
Moderate: Cursing and Homophobia
Minor: Drug use, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Drug abuse
imstephtacular's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexism, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Cursing, Mental illness, and Blood
Minor: Pregnancy and Homophobia
lisashelves's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
dbguide2's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
But then, that’s how pain works: When you’re in enough of it, there’s no thinking of anything or anybody else.
Wendy Heard really wrote grief and managing grief well. I could feel and see it. It definitely made me feel more connected to Casey because I understood her more. When I started the book I wasn’t really connecting to her (Casey) but as I carried on and she spoke about grief more; I did feel more connected. This is my first Wendy Heard novel so I have no idea if the theme of grief is present in her other books – I certainly hope so as I really enjoyed how it was written in We’ll Never Tell.
Sometimes, grief seizes me in a violent grip, and when it does, I almost double over in pain. I pause, breathe, try to release the image of how my life was meant to be. It doesn’t matter what was destined; it only matters what actually happened. That’s what I tell myself.
But in reality, there’s no romance in a crime of passion. There’s just the ending of a life, small and quiet, and the broken people who get left behind.
Maybe ghosts are real. I don’t buy it. Humans are worse than anything we dream up.
But then, we’re all one of a kind. That’s the point, really, in the end. None of us are replaceable. When one of us dies, it leaves a hole that can never be filled. Ever.
I think this is probably my favourite quote of them all. This can be applied to any character in the book – living or dead. But it also can be applied to the reader – and you can take this quote anywhere it needs to be in your life. In this book it’s referring to Casey’s mom and how Casey will always be thinking of her (as is with loved ones who are passed away). The quote is also about the Valentini murders – how they were more than what was written about, and that all the headlines and articles never really seemed to get their personalities right. Which they wouldn’t because they care more about how big of a story it would make and how to sensationalise it all.
Moderate: Murder, Death of parent, Violence, and Medical content