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sammymilfort's review
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Abortion
zarakoconnor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Alcohol
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Sexual violence, and Miscarriage
chandlerkl's review
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Suicide, Bullying, Death, Medical trauma, and Self harm
doodlebeanz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
First off, I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style. Lots of dialogue followed up by internal dialogue which was then also followed up with 'I said this to her/him/them.' Like... just have the characters have external dialogue and a conversation instead of writing about what someone is thinking in their heads and also saying? I don't know, the writing style was weird. It was good writing, but just oddly set up.
Second, there were WAY TOO MANY CHARACTERS. Too many characters who shared too many similarities; living on the same street, having children, being slightly suspicious, being dead. There were so many times I had to be like 'wait, who?'. I even had to start writing in the journal entries here on Storygraph to keep up with the characters.
Third, I am usually a huge fan of books that deal with the past and the present, but similarly to the mass amounts of characters becoming confusing, the back and forth between present and future became confusing in the end.
Fourth, and the worst of them all, this book fell victim to my biggest thriller book irk... I read 340+ pages of tension and build up just for it to be wrapped up in 2 pages... approximately 5-6 paragraphs, maybe.
The story had so many characters and twists and turns and so much suspense that it just couldn't keep up with it all. The first half the book was good, but it was also SLOW PACED... like glacially slow. Like painfully slow. It didn't hold my attention much past the half way point, if I'm being honest. So disappointing. :(
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Death of parent
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Car accident, and Emotional abuse
murve's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Medical trauma, Car accident, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Suicide
ashylois's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Murder, Child abuse, Self harm, and Pregnancy
Minor: Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts
that_person_logan's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Was it good? No.
Was there unnecessary and detailed medical trauma sprinkled in that in no way contributed to the story? Yes.
Would I recommend this? No.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Torture, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Violence, and Vomit
bones_jackson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent
ruanerachel's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Murder, and Medical trauma
stormibabyy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Self harm, and Suicide