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keishac13's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Grief, Sexual violence, Murder, Misogyny, Death, and Abandonment
Moderate: Eating disorder
annabulkowski'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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Death
Moderate: Pregnancy, Gore, Classism, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Alcohol, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Cancer, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Confinement, and Child death
hausofbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Car accident, Sexual content, Murder, Death, and Drug abuse
blackbeeomalley's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The ending felt rushed and was out of the blue no matter how much Mackie tried to pepper in hints.
Main character, Grace, was written to be unlikeable but I believe Mackie forgot that you can add complexities to unlikeable characters. As others had said disdain is not a personality. I really didn’t care about her character - I didn’t want her to succeed or fail I just didn’t care.
In all, it felt that Mackie had a great idea and half way gave up - wasn’t sure how to pull this off. I really struggled to get to the end of this.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Drug use, Drug abuse, Classism, Child death, Murder, Violence, Car accident, Abandonment, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Grief
crose683'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? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism, Drug abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Cursing
rey_therese07'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Torture, Murder, Death, Death of parent, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, and Stalking
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Mental illness
aliciachauhan_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
jennifer1130's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
What a disappointment. The premise of this book is interesting, killing your whole family for revenge but there is nothing clever nor interesting about this story. Instead it trawls laboriously through dull plot and follows the format of basic intro to, this is how I killed person 1, this is how I killed person 2, person 3 etc. With a few brief flip backs to the present day where the main character Grace is in prison and is writing her diary style story. The diary style story really irritated me with its 'need to go now' endings. Who has time to write that in a diary when there's something you actually need to go for??
I didn't really believe at any point that I was in the mind of someone capable of killing 6 people. It felt like a fictional story. A highly unlikely one. The particular low point involved an uncle in a sex club while Grace rants about feminism and the privilege of the white man.
I have no idea how this book got such a big marketing budget. It's just cheap throwaway rubbish. Such a shame. I just expected and needed more.
Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Cursing, Eating disorder, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Terminal illness
capybooks's review
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Mental illness, Blood, Car accident, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, and Misogyny
clairew97's review against another edition
2.0
Graphic: Blood, Pregnancy, Stalking, Terminal illness, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail