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cin19'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
3.0
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Infidelity, Addiction, Stalking, Death, Suicide attempt, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Car accident
infjkiki's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Incest, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug use, Addiction, and Death
coco78337'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
2.5
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Incest, Suicide, Abandonment, Car accident, Grief, Infertility, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
baileyjanetee's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Drug use, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Murder
sammmehhh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Incest, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
readnrepeat1127's review against another edition
Graphic: Bullying and Stalking
Moderate: Incest
katie_lucht'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? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Grief
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death
caseybottiger's review
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Suicide, Alcohol, and Drug use
kelly_e'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
1.5
Author: Darcey Bell
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 1.5
Pub Date: August 28, 2018
T H R E E • W O R D S
Twisty • Disappointing • Superficial
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Emily and Stephanie are best friends. A Simple Favor kicks off when Emily asks Stephanie for a simple favour... pick up her son from school. But then, Emily disappears and no one know where she's gone. Of course, Stephanie knows something must be terribly wrong.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I'll start out by saying that I absolutely loved the concept of including blog style writing with a dual perspective narrative, as it allowed to contrast social media with real life. Unfortunately, the execution was poor and the good ended with that concept.
Yes, the story started out quite creepy, but it ended up being so unbelievable and corny that it was comical. The characters are all so unlikeable and unrelatable. The voice felt childish and not at all how adults would converse with one another. And to make matters worse the plot was so slow at times, that I'm not sure how I even ended up finishing.
I haven't seen the movie, but can definitely understand why people say this is the rare case where the movie is better. Do yourself a favour and skip this one. There are definitely thrillers out there focusing on female friendship and domestic drama that are more worth your time.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• no one
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"But if there were some version of luminol, the stuff they use to find blood at crime scenes, to detect the presence of grief, half the people we pass on the street would light up like Christmas trees."
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Incest, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Minor: Murder, Suicide, and Grief
death of partneryokaisbabe'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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Incest
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Murder and Car accident