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alicekd's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Torture
ladygraves117's review against another edition
4.0
I had to attempt this one twice- it starts off so goddamn slowly I gave up over a year ago despite paying like twenty bucks for it.
It popped up in my library recently so I decided to try again and it was pretty reasonable. I did see the twists coming but I generally do. Pretty good despite a meh beginning.
It popped up in my library recently so I decided to try again and it was pretty reasonable. I did see the twists coming but I generally do. Pretty good despite a meh beginning.
tfpeel's review against another edition
4.0
Molto bello e inaspettato. Quattro stelle e mezzo presto la recensione sul blog
paulabrandon's review against another edition
3.0
Gone Girl knock-off in which a young man, Jar, still believes he sees his girlfriend, Rosa, everywhere he goes. The thing is, she died five years previously, due to suicide. What he sees are just "bereavement hallucinations". However, what if they're not hallucinations at all? Jar starts to question everything when Rosa's aunt gives him Rosa's diary, which she has just found. It throws up all sorts of questions about her "death".
It's still an involving read, both suspenseful and disturbing. Even if the early diary entries were mostly false, there was still too many of them. The beginning placing was a bit slow, taking a while for me to get into the book. However, once it got going, it was admittedly hard to put down. Just don't expect anything terribly fresh or outside the box.
Spoiler
The big problem in today's post-Gone Girl popular fiction landscape is that we know diary entries can be faked. That particular twist is what Gone Girl turned on, and a feeling of deja vu hung over me all throughout the first half of this book. I just knew that the diary entries we were reading from Rosa's perspective weren't necessarily an accurate representation of what had happened. However, Gone Girl then went off in other surprising, unexpected directions. This book did not. When the plot "twist" is revealed at the mid-way point, there aren't any other real surprises as it quickly becomes apparent what has really happened to Rosa.It's still an involving read, both suspenseful and disturbing. Even if the early diary entries were mostly false, there was still too many of them. The beginning placing was a bit slow, taking a while for me to get into the book. However, once it got going, it was admittedly hard to put down. Just don't expect anything terribly fresh or outside the box.
slushmucky's review against another edition
2.0
Well written but I’ve read a thousand books with a similar plot. Perhaps that is why I have rated it so poorly.
mcgibbons93's review against another edition
2.0
TW: Torture, psychological abuse, animal abuse
If I had known this would devolve into descriptions of humans being tortured I probably wouldn’t have started it.
If I had known this would devolve into descriptions of humans being tortured I probably wouldn’t have started it.
christianbookgirlie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abandonment
j3nnar3ads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
trayceebee's review against another edition
5.0
A friend of mine, who works at another library in town, recommended this to me--I'm so glad she did!!! This one had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! I learned a lot about things happening right here, right now, that I didn't even know about before. (Secret and sly things likeThe Dark Web, onion routers, etc., as well as things like using Stava to track cycling or running, the methods behind writing and posting "click-bait" on various websites, etc.)
I especially enjoyed reading about the main character, who is Irish. I have a thing for the Irish, being a bit Irish, myself.
This is a fast-paced thriller that I would highly recommend!!!
I especially enjoyed reading about the main character, who is Irish. I have a thing for the Irish, being a bit Irish, myself.
This is a fast-paced thriller that I would highly recommend!!!