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shannonredwine8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, Classism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Gun violence, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
sldibened's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Outing, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Grief, Bullying, Child death, Infidelity, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, Rape, and Stalking
annasannotations's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death, Classism, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Grief
minimicropup's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Main POV:
- A married parent with the ‘perfect’ family. They are a wealthy philanthropist dedicated to cystic fibrosis awareness and funding. They seem open-minded, docile, spoiled, and naïve due to loneliness.
- A single adult in their 20s working in a real estate office while going for the long-con in a self-concocted scheme to infiltrate the philanthropist’s life, although we don’t know why. It could be revenge; it could be because they are completely unhinged.
- Set mostly in a wealthy suburb near Manhattan, NY
- On the ‘juicy’ soap opera side of over-the-top. Not a story you want to go in overthinking or looking for meaningful commentary or symbolism from.
- I don’t mind OTT, but the SLOW OTT is hard to pull off, so although it was an interesting plot in theory, it fell apart in execution for me. I think it could have benefitted from some cuts because the slowness wasn’t contributing to the story, it was stalling it out. We have the story delivered through overreliance on hold-backs (“If only they knew what I was about to do”), overly descriptive scenes about the clothing and appearances of everyone, and a lot of MC internal monologue that involves reminding the reader of a goal or thought we are already are familiar with because it was previously revealed to us…sometimes multiple times!
- There are some problematic tropes in this book, but I think that’s forgivable with OTT/soap opera type plots. It’s like angrily therapeutic. Someone plotting to steal your life and destroy you in the process? Wouldn’t it be nice to find out they self-destructed? Yes, we have women throwing themselves at a man’s feet, being toxic to other women, and using each other to further their own goals. However, this plot used severe physical, emotional, sexual, AND verbal abuse as a major revenge element. It felt icky. But, we also have stories glorifying female serial killers, so just go in to this one aware that it falls into that territory.
- Juicy, behind closed doors domestic thriller
- B****, I’m gonna steal your life trope
- Slow, scheming, long-con sociopathic mind
- Guilty-pleasure soap opera revenge plots
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Ableism and Fatphobia
Minor: Abandonment and Death of parent
Sexual violence, rape, assault etc are on page, repetitive, and occur within a marriage. Ableism refers to reading difficulties in a childsoshereads_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Rape, Gun violence, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Infertility, Infidelity, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Abandonment
saraellenme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Child death
Moderate: Alcohol, Abandonment, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Grief, and Infidelity
Minor: Abortion, Sexism, and Eating disorder