A review by cheye13
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

The first half felt a bit slow, but then a switch flipped and I sped through the rest. Everything after that point was predictable, but in the best way. Knowing where the story was going didn't undermine the tension at all, but increased the need to know how it got there. Absolutely stellar, need more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit

Minor: Toxic friendship, Suicide, Rape, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

As a benchmark, there is a mild secondhand description of a past rape in the first chapter, and the description never really gets more graphic than that.