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Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment
Graphic: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Grief
Whilst none of the characters are lovable in the traditional sense they are well explored which adds depth to the story.
The ending is what both Laurel and Poppy deserved but I couldn't help feeling some sympathy for Floyd. A good entry thriller, but if you enjoy shocking twists and turns maybe give this one a miss.
Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Suicide
But it does fall short on a few things. Some of it is a bit far fetched and happens too quickly - for example we find out that Ellie is dead very early on (definitely could have been avoided) and why would Noelle’s mum suddenly go into a deep convo about her private relationship with her daughter and her disappearance with a total stranger or Floyd realising everything was going wrong so admitted it all and then killed himself in the same day (also was Laurel and Poppy meant to just go to the Christmas Eve party and act as if the situation was completely normal?)
I also wish there was more of a twist - I felt so excited by all the what-ifs and how it all tied together but it was quite drawn out so by the time we find out exactly what happened it falls slightly flat, sucking out the tension that was in previous chapters. And don’t get my started on that epilogue 🫠 the final thing that I didn’t really enjoy was the switching of people narrating the story - it’s interesting because although I liked hearing the situation from different perspectives, it didn’t flow well in the end
Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent
Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Pregnancy
Minor: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment