Reviews with content warning for Sexual content - Leave the World Behind

This was an insane read. I’m slightly new to reading thrillers, it was a genre I never really read (no idea why) until recently. This book was incredibly bone chilling and unpredictable. I was surprised that I was never able to guess what was happening next which I was very excited by. I don’t think the characters were incredibly well developed but the book was on the shorter side and character development didn’t seem to be a main aspect of the book so I never minded. This is one of the most captivating thrillers I’ve yet and would definitely recommend!

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javabones's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

I thought this was going to be a thriller/mystery but it turned out to be a disaster in itself. Finished it out of stubbornness and hope that it would go somewhere. It did not. The writing style draggggged on and it was so bizzare and full of gross sex details?? It was so bad it was funny, after you got over how uncomfortable it was. It deserves a lot of trigger warnings, which makes it seem interesting, but literally nothing happens.

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shaziareads's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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notenoughnewts's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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? Yes

3.75

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franknforter's review against another edition

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reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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halftimelord's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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space_enby's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No

1.5

It was a hard read, not because of the content, but because of the writing style. POVs switched seeming randomly, things like grocery lists took up like a full page, and there was too much description of small unimportant details while all the bigger ones got basically nothing.
And sure, that can work in some books as a way to emphasize the mundanities of life. And this book seemed like it wanted to, but it failed to do it in a way that didnt make it feel like the story was dragging its feet along the ground.
Also
The ending???
It was really abrupt and it felt like it just kinda stopped in the middle of the climax?
And not in a "its up to the readers to interpret what happens next" kind of way, but more of the author just didnt feel like finishing the book kinda way.
I can see why people might like it, but it fully missed the mark for me, and if I wasnt a completionist, I probably wouldn't have finished it.

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rphalange's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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