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mandi4886's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Child abuse
kleinekita's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The audiobook has great production though, 5 stars for that.
Graphic: Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Incest, and Stalking
Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Infidelity, and Confinement
bibliophilola97's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Child abuse and Alcoholism
flying_monkeys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
It started to read like we're meant to believe that because a 15-year-old girl may be a psychopath, she wasn't a victim of grooming/SA by the 42-year-old man she ends up marrying at 18. I kept on reading, my thought process being, maybe this is simply the viewpoint of the pedophile, but no, others started to say it. Their "testimony" supporting the notion that the crazy, narcissistic teenager was at fault. That it was all her doing.
For me, the book plummeted from a 4-star read at that point.
I will say, I actually enjoyed the ambiguous ending because, to me, the whole point of this story is the malleability of memory and truth, and while an unreliable narrator is, well, unreliable, they are telling us their truth from their (perhaps curated) memories. This makes them suspect and we can never trust anything they're telling us. Certainly some of what they're saying could be true, but how can we tell the truth from the lies? And how do we avoid invalidating their real experiences when buried under a mountain of selective truths?
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Stalking
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Pedophilia
Minor: Confinement
josiemeyer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Murder, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual harassment, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
kimac2's review against another edition
5.0
I didn’t see any of the twists coming. I wish I could delete the memory of this one so I could read it again right away. I was on vacation in Yellowstone and Grand Teton and I couldn’t put it down. Will be recommending to anyone I know that likes thrillers. Definitely going on a Lisa Jewell binge now.
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault
andreahski's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Child abuse
ktdaugherty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Domestic abuse
julesfrigault's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Moderate: Violence, Abandonment, Mental illness, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Stalking
ylimehurst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Torture, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Death
Minor: Drug use