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eatwritereadrepeat's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Child death, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Rape
alicia_m_andrews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Child death, Death, Grief, and Stalking
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Pregnancy, Animal death, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
rainbowpridepin's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Grief, Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Racism
katiej'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
3.0
Felt the writing was a bit confusing at times and went off on a tangent.
Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, and Death
rayannotates's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Rape, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, and Pedophilia
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Animal death and Pregnancy
belladonnashrike's review
5.0
I really liked the choice in perspective & I love how it dealt with
after reading this & seeing the movie - I like both versions but I prefer the book. saorise was absolutely phenomenal in the movie and I loved her as susie
Moderate: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Child abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Child death, and Sexual content
ann40's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Rape, Child death, Grief, and Murder
ronniek's review
- Strong character development? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Pedophilia, and Child death
Minor: Animal death
loggskywalker's review
- 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: Grief, Murder, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, and Pedophilia
juleskr02's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
i have always loved the movie, but this is one book where i enjoyed the movie adaptation a lot better than the novel. i think the murder was so well written, but it happened so quickly, that everything that came after it had so much unmet potential in terms of entertaining writing.
i will say though the middle chunks of the book were quite dull, i enjoyed experiencing ruth’s and ray’s relationship and their conversations about susie, as well as the family dynamic after losing a member. there were many highlights but not enough to save the overall enjoyment of this novel.
Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, and Child death
Moderate: Blood, Death, Gore, and Grief
Minor: Sexual assault and Rape