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not_stella's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Emotional abuse
aseel_reads'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? It's complicated
1.0
Moderate: Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, and Rape
violetbentbackwards1036's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Hate crime, Rape, Addiction, Animal death, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Grief, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Toxic relationship
josxphinchen'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? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Misogyny, Sexism, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Death, Vomit, Violence, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Murder
ephemeralzen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i have no words that was
oh my god
‘hey sarge remember me?’
SCREAMING CRYING SOBBING
THAT WAS INSANE.
Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Misogyny, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Sexual assault, Addiction, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Violence
gothmiku's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Murder, and Stalking
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Drug use
Minor: Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Animal death, and Cancer
itzbrianna's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
In the third and final installment, Pip faces her own struggle with morality on what is right and what is wrong. Pip is naturally depressed, and suffering from PTSD as she went through very traumatic events in the last two installments. In fact, if she wasn't showing signs of extreme trauma I wouldn't have believed she went through the things she did.
Holly Jackson has once again created a story that takes a left when you think it's going right. There was no shortage of shocking discoveries and "oh my gods" throughout my read. However, this was the least impressive installment to me for many reasons. One is that I believe the story went on longer than it needed to. It seemed like neither the editor nor the author could decide on what ending to pick so they decided to merge everything together.
Another reason this final installment of the series didn't do it for me was because of the ending. Pip has had a lot of character development throughout this trilogy whether or not people will agree that the development only highlighted shortcomings? Eh, I'm not sure. But Pip seems to make the same mistakes regardless of the path she takes. Without giving any spoilers away that is all I will say.
Though there was a lot of filler in this book, it managed to keep me engaged for the first part. By Part two I was wondering why anyone felt the need to keep going or extend the inevitable. Overall, I enjoyed the series as a whole. This book was a great full circle. Perhaps if I read this again, I will have a new appreciation for it.
Graphic: Murder and Kidnapping
Moderate: Stalking and Drug abuse
Minor: Gaslighting and Addiction
bookswithlauren'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
My favourite thing about this series is how well planned and thought out each and every element is across all three books. There is always a connection, a deeper meaning, something to look further into and it is brilliant. However, this book is definitely my least favourite in the series for multiple reasons.
The first half is a slow burn and I really enjoyed it. We delve into Pip struggling with her mental health following the events from the second book and it is real and insightful. We explore PTSD, Anxiety, Addiction and Depression and how these have also had an impact on her relationships between her friends and family. It was well written and I am glad Pip was not just simply fine after everything she has been through.
There are two twists around the halfway marker in this book, one being the identity reveal for a serial killer and the other being what Pip does about it. Up until this point, I had not entirely worked out any of the twists Holly Jackson had written in her books and I enjoyed this uncommon occurrence for me but in this instance, I did work out the identity of the serial killer quite quickly. I did not mind working out a twist before it occurred, what I did mind was a character we have spent two and a half books getting to know and like acting completely out of character. I feel like the second half of the book had a much darker and far fetched tone and I was not a fan. I still finished the book as I wanted to know how the storyline was being played out but it was not the best choice in my opinion. All the characters we have grown to know and love seem to have a complete change in their morals and beliefs, especially Pip and I did not enjoy it. It made the second half of the book unrealistic and far-fetched to me.
The ending also aggravated me, for Pip to drag her friends into everything, for them to be so incredibly loyal to her and for her to just ghost them, not okay with that and not something Pip would have done. I think this particular storyline would have worked more if Pip's mental health had more to do with it but there was never any connections made between her mental health and her actions.
I still really enjoyed the series and would recommend the first two books to anyone and everyone but I feel this third instalment is a bit like marmite, you either love it or you hate it. I have said it in my other reviews and I will say it again here, the audiobooks for this series are incredible, immersive and impressive. Highly recommend listening over reading for sure!
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Rape, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Animal death, Death, Gore, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Addiction, Blood, and Torture
lais's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Stalking
Moderate: Drug abuse, Animal death, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual violence, and Animal cruelty
holliesatchell'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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Vomit, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Animal death, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders