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emmareads013's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Suicide, Kidnapping, and Murder
mandycantsleep's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Blood and Vomit
Minor: Alcohol
krosebee's review
- 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? N/A
4.5
Juno, the woman experiencing homelessness, is living in a park across the street from Winnie and her small family. Juno is accidentally trapped in Winnie’s house and before she can escape, she overhears a conversation between Winnie and her husband that exposes Winnie’s deepest secret. Juno is terminally ill and has made it her final mission to expose Winnie’s sin before she succumbs to Lupus.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
blueskyvibes1point0's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder
coco78337's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
opplecopter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying and Infidelity
Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, and Alcohol
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: Bullying, Death, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
bek_p87's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Infidelity
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, Self harm, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Car accident
o_holynight's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Car accident