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maggieismaggie's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
michaelawatkins's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
fantasynovel's review against another edition
2.0
The people who blurbed this book must have sold their souls. Honestly, I might have been less harsh on this book if it hadn't started with pages of accolades. It's clumsily written, and you can see the author's plot twists coming from the first page. Her characters are caricatures, and I couldn't muster any sympathy for any of them. The pacing was okay for the first half of the book, but about halfway through it slumped. I'm so glad I finished this one, though I am making my dad read it so we can complain about it together.
beeayy's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ches's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 but rounded up. Enjoyed One by One far more (rated that a 4/5) and would definitely recommend that one over this.
This one was intriguing at first and atmospheric - it had a good start that hooked me in … but then just kept going downhill.
I didn’t like the last third at all, felt totally pulled out of the story and the person whodunnit was way WAY too obvious.
Figured out all the little reveals way before they happened (not a brag I normally suck at figuring this stuff out it was just obvious). Characters not very believable - they should have been written as 15/16 year olds the way they were acting, I just can’t believe grown ass women would ever act and care about the things they do.
However to it’s credit it did have nice pacing and bits of it were well done. I think this was her first book and possibly her weakest
This one was intriguing at first and atmospheric - it had a good start that hooked me in … but then just kept going downhill.
I didn’t like the last third at all, felt totally pulled out of the story and the person whodunnit was way WAY too obvious.
Figured out all the little reveals way before they happened (not a brag I normally suck at figuring this stuff out it was just obvious). Characters not very believable - they should have been written as 15/16 year olds the way they were acting, I just can’t believe grown ass women would ever act and care about the things they do.
However to it’s credit it did have nice pacing and bits of it were well done. I think this was her first book and possibly her weakest
art3mis9's review against another edition
5.0
Great read. I would rate 90% if this book at 5 stars, though ending crumpled a little bit for me.
darianro's review against another edition
1.0
This book was so slow and so boring in the beginning i literally put it down and didn’t read it for months. I only finished it purely because i wanted to just be done with it. the ending was very predictable and just overall bad.
mimikins34's review against another edition
4.0
Everything was a bit overdramatized, but I think that probably helped with the energy of the suspense overall. I guessed a lot of the answers early, but had fun getting to the end.