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booknerd_therapist's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Confinement, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, Cancer, Death of parent, and Blood
Minor: Alcohol
someryarns'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Confinement
Moderate: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Cancer, and Death of parent
meeklovestoread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
I know we were supposed to root for the main character "Rachel" (I honestly thought the use of her 2nd personal POV was a nice touch), but she was just too frantic and unhinged and too stupid
None and I mean NONE of the characters were flushed out at all. Emily his supposed next "victim" is weirdly obsessed with this man (Aidan; the killer) for some reason who is about 2x her age with a kid. And her storyline basically runs on the fact that she's weirdly obsessed and "in love" with this grown man. Also, him choosing Emily to be his next victim literally made no sense considering she's local to his town and people have seen them together multiple times. Also, her being his next victim is inferred and never directly told to us.
Cecilia, the daughter, I honestly don't even know why she's here. She didn't serve as much of a big plot point to me and she was very one-dimensional like everyone else in this book. And Aidan, you'd think he'd be the most interesting character in this book and he is but that's not saying much cuz he's a flat character too. We learn that he had a wife who died of cancer and that he was a former Marine who worked as a hospital corpsman and now he's a lineman. And the basic serial killer profile, that he's meticulous and clean and needs power. Again, one dimensional. Did he actually love his wife? We don't know. Did his wife know? We don't know. What possessed him to keep Rachel for as long as he did? We don't know. How does he choose his victims? We don't know. Why does he have these tendencies? We don't know. So many unanswered questions.
And the ending. Very anticlimactic. I think the author was going for a "women's intuition telepathy" with the three girls (Emily, "Rachel", and Cecelia) to symbolize some sisterhood between them, but it just didn't work.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Alcohol, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual content, and Stalking
honeybeewitched87'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? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Cursing, Confinement, Gun violence, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Stalking
Minor: Death of parent