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lyndsmarie321's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder
Moderate: Death and Infidelity
hithereimlauren's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infidelity, Blood, and Murder
waterbrender's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
dezaraemd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation
clara01's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I think it had a great build up but after the first major plot twist I struggled to change my feelings about a character that had been written to be unlikeable. The manipulation and emotional abuse were particularly unenjoyable to read.
The ending was good but I think there were too many sudden plot twists right at the end of the book.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Gore, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Death
nyquillll's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
There were a couple things I was able to guess correctly from the start:
Things I enjoyed:
- Freida does a great job, I think, of building out characters in a way that provokes an emotional reaction to them. In most of her stories, I’m able to get into her characters’ heads and really picture what they’re experiencing - which means I’m more invested in how things end. She also has a habit of gently leading you to believe one thing and then pulling back the curtain - et voila!!
- I was trying like crazy to guess what would happen, and I think I got there a couple times from the heavy hints - but Freida also loves dropping red herrings that I fall for
- The complexity of this story to document
domestic abuse (to the extremes) and the toll it takes on the person who stays - how hard it is to escape - I know it took halfway through the book for the plot to start plotting, but I think it felt genius, because when Part II hits, you begin to question everything you read and how you interpreted it, and I LOVE this feeling
- The ending. I do not condone
murder at all, but the comeuppance felt like the story was fully completed. I’m super curious to see where the second books takes off from, now that we’ve been introduced to this new role Millie can play. I’m really glad Freida chose to haveNina protect Millie, even if she needed cajoling, because it’s true, Millie didn’t deserve to be set up for this just because she had a prison record - Just wow - at one point, I literally said
“I think there’s a plot hole, they never mentioned where the daughter went, she disappeared” AND THEN I LEARNED - The reveal felt like everything. I had to close this book multiple times and just gasp because it felt like a long time coming, but then to finally see how it played out???? Couldn’t have predicted the twist, even though everything felt like it made sense in the story world, especially the smaller reveals in the last few chapters
THE PEANUT BUTTER
Things I didn’t enjoy as much:
- Some of the writing around “foreigners” and accented English - although I think it was played up to reflect the stereotype of rich people being rude? But I was a bit sensitive to this
- Again, comments about
“I deliberately put on weight so I wouldn’t be sexually desirable” - How bratty CeCe was - and it was never really fully explained why she acted this way with people who weren’t her mother
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be reading the rest in the series!
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Classism
macholmes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
mollykmyers's review against another edition
Graphic: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting
victoriasutherland'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
ameliakstanton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, and Gaslighting