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mckinleyelle's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Medical content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Pregnancy, and Confinement
sarahmaemae's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Confinement, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Mental illness
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Death of parent, Medical content, Car accident, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Alcoholism
amberinbookland's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Alcohol, Grief, Death, Confinement, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Medical content, Infertility, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, Car accident, Pregnancy, Murder, and Mental illness
aoliv__25'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
Not sure it needed such graphic depictions of SA, and personally didn't love a little cliffhanger ending for a stand alone. Otherwise, very strong
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Sexual assault
frances_frances'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
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Infertility, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Medical content, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Car accident, and Death
spelledlikesleigh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Car accident, and Murder
magellen'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
The book is a great example of unreliable narration but is likewise tedious in stretches where the mc walks forward and backwards through her thoughts with zero self trust and yes, toxic relationships do instill distrust in one's self, but it just feels like bloat in the narrative when it doesn't stop. Likewise it breaks your trust in all the narratives, breaks the momentum the book has built and becomes a muddle halfway thru. Intentionally done and layered as it is it mostly works but I feel like I only began enjoying the book in the last quarter and prior to that it was simply 'welcome to untreated paranoia'.
Every character is unlikable, no one ever has an honest conversation and yes sure Sometimes I lie, but the inconsistency and internalized body judgement gets in the way of it being a truly satisfying read.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Car accident, Confinement, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, and Rape
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Bullying, Death of parent, and Medical content
Minor: Kidnapping, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Miscarriage
elenatamsen'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
2.75
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Miscarriage
ekmoore11's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying and Infertility
Minor: Cancer
v171'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? Yes
1.0
The good: Paced how you'd expect a thriller book to be paced. The twists at the end were interesting.
The bad: I don't like the concept of an unreliable narrator being used as a plot device. It was burdensome to have to mentally track what was true and false throughout the entire story. I found all of the characters to be unlikable, but I think some were written in a way that I was supposed to sympathize with them. Shifting POV is fine when done well, but I found it to be disruptive in this book. However, the automatic 1 star for me was the multiple instances of rape and sexual assault. There are better, more creative ways to make me to hate a character than making them a rape a woman in a coma. I found it to be a lazy way to add shock factor to a story that didn't need i
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infertility, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Cancer and Vomit