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yavin_iv's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Terminal illness, Murder, Cursing, Bullying, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Eating disorder
sebrittainclark's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Abortion, Murder, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Alcoholism and Bullying
Minor: Eating disorder
multiplyoctopi's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Cancer, Medical trauma, Grief, Gore, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, Alcoholism, and Death
Minor: Eating disorder
stormwise's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
The main character, Ivy Gamble (PI), doesn't have magic, but she does know how to lie. As the POV character, the reader can see every choice she grapples with as she carefully manipulates the other characters, who all have their own agendas and give the impression of each thinking they are in a different kind of story. In her own way, Ivy reminded me of a stage magician using sleight of hand and misdirection to keep everything in the air - but of course, it doesn't take much before it all comes crashing down.
Halfway through this novel, I thought I would give it a 5 star rating, but the ending felt a bit too abrupt and there were a few characters whose plotlines I would have liked to have seen wrapped up. I can forgive that last complaint somewhat as the story is told through first person narrative but then again, it's established early on that Ivy is narrating from after the events of the book...yeah. Despite these minor grievances, I really enjoyed this book! I found the scenes between Ivy and her twin sister particularly powerful - Gailey does an incredible job depicting their fraught relationship.
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Terminal illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Eating disorder
alexiswiththefreckles's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Eating disorder
scaluba's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Death, and Grief
Moderate: Alcoholism and Cancer
Minor: Bullying, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, and Panic attacks/disorders
nothing is really graphic save for a brief description of the dead body, but it's about the kind of stuff you would come to expect from a murder mystery novelazyef's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Death and Gore
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Blood, Cancer, Bullying, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, and Medical content
Minor: Eating disorder and Adult/minor relationship