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mistermeek's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, and Death
greatexpectations77's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Blood
Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
taliesinrex'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? Yes
4.0
ultimately quite a good time, and was a quick read for me as I found myself drawn in by the short chapters and biased narration. characters are mostly pretty detestable, but that really does work in the book's favor as some of the main POV characters are given a chance to show their more sympathetic sides while the friend group and their Drama remains pretty entitled and doomed from the get-go. prose is effective at what it's going for, if a little rough at the start for me; I found that early on some of the internal monologue felt a bit too on the nose, with a couple characters outright stating things like "I like to say mean things to feel in control" that I thought might have been a little more effectively shown through their actions and reactions. I took issue with a couple minor elements - primarily to do with
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Homophobia
bessadams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Infertility
Minor: Addiction, Homophobia, and Vomit
holliesatchell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
_janethereader_'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? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Infidelity, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Infertility, Vomit, and Pregnancy
weelasswithabook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
CW: Murder, infertility, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, child abuse, animal death/hunting, outing, PTSD, Afghanistan war flashbacks, death, cheating, toxic friendships, stalking
🌟 Thriller
Every character in this book bar Heather and Doug are AWFUL. I don't think I've ever seen so many unlikeable characters in the one place 🤣 I could not wait to find out who the victim was, never mind the perpetrator, because it could've been any of them and I'd still have been delighted. There was no way for me to be disappointed here.
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Bullying, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Outing
Minor: Addiction, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury
tashtasher's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, and Pregnancy
Minor: Outing and Classism
rachaclark's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Murder
gardens_and_dragons's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Pretty much all of the characters are unlikable, which is fine because it gives pretty much everybody in there a motive to be a killer. BUT! I think the conceit of the novel not revealing who was killed until about 3/4 of the way through was actually detracting from my enjoyment of things. It meant that I was trying to figure out at the same time who was the killer and who actually died, which means that it was hard to keep up with the plot - anyone could have died and anyone could have been the killer.
I did, however, find that the classic “stranded in the cabin during a snowstorm” Aesthetic worked really well for the book. It was very atmospheric and the wilderness and the cabin kind of takes on a life of its own. I enjoyed the side characters of the groundskeeper and the house manager because they seemed like the most complex characters out of all of them.
I also think that the writing was really good! While it wasn’t the most purple of pros it really does suck you into each point of view and get you into the characters head which was pretty nice to see.
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness and Stalking
Minor: Alcohol