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Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder
Moderate: Death of parent
And I actually like how the ending was a bit more positive than some of her other books! :D
As always, the writing is not that good, the plot is predictable and all the characters are so annoying. But these books are one of my guilty pleasures and I will continue reading everything she will publish no matter how bad it is! :D
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual violence
Minor: Ableism
Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment
This book was good from beginning to end for sure. I recommend! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Moderate: Death
Minor: Child death
Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Kidnapping
Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Violence, Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Classism
Moderate: Gore, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking
Graphic: Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
This time, the plot twist was a bit too predictable, you can probably guess quite easily who has actually committed the crime within the first half.
I did like the multiple POVs, however I was a bit sad that we never got a Liam POV. I think even after everything is unfolded, it would’ve been great to get some in depth into Liam’s mind, as we have only learnt about him for others’ perspectives.
There was a lot of repetition in this book that I didn’t find in Never Lie - one thing I really praised in Never Lie was that every chapter was different and you learnt new things each time, which was not conveyed at all in this book, which was a shame.
Another thing that irked me: what happened to the grandad? I get it. It was put in there for another ‘hidden, secret info’ ploy. But one chapter and then bam, never again? No clue what happened to him, no clue if he ended up happy, no clue if he was actually guilty of anything, no idea. Just my opinion though, that irked me slightly.
The ending, gosh. Not needed, in my opinion. I understand Freida was looking for another shock factor and ambiguity, but I think it almost ruined the main ‘plot twist’ of the story.
All in all, I know I’m spewing a lot of negativity, but I did still enjoy the novel. I like how fast-paced it was, the story was interesting, and i actually really liked Hannah’s character (which I know might be controversial). I simply think there was a lot of repetition, a non-shocking plot twist, and a lack of rounding everything up properly.
Graphic: Child death