A review by cactuscloudsreads
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I hated it. I hated the characters. I hated the ending. The ending felt rushed and I literally had to keep flipping back to see if I had missed a page because very important details were not clear. As a mother who just chose to delete a social account with 55,000 plus followers I had hoped to read this book with some solidarity. Instead, I found myself reliving PTSD moments of motherhood NOT related to social media at all. I powered through it because at that point I was hoping for a happy ending. Was it worth it? I don’t know. Overall, the characters were basically horrible human beings, written to be exactly that, but it was the twists at the end that literally turned my stomach and left me wondering if I would be having PTSD nightmares. On BOTM this had a trigger warning of child abuse, but I wish it had a trigger warning about how graphic the descriptions were. I would not have read it at all if I had been warned.
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