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sherylkay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Murder and Sexual harassment
Minor: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
abby_can_read's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I had a wonderful time reading this book. It was excellent. I haven't laughed this much in awhile.
Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Gun violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
katrinalamothe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Racism, Sexual assault, Vomit, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping
bones_jackson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Car accident, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
ajay913's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death and Alcohol
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Minor: Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident, Murder, and Classism
caitlinemccann's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Racism and Vomit
skye_era_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol
rosyapple's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Drug use, Sexual assault, and Blood
abicaro17's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
kemikemi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
As for as the main character herself, I took issue with how around midway Meddy contradicted herself regarding her moral code and lying; I went on a rant to my friend about how in one of the scenes Meddy refused to lie to someoneâs face but then she literally ended up doing just that a couple scenes later because her NOT lying to cover for something earlier resulted in a false assumption being made that she decided she had to play along with. And considering the entire premise of the story is her trying to cover up a personâs death that she caused, which would then turn into a secret sheâd plan to harbor forever, Meddy drawing her proverbial line at lying about something technically related but rather innocuous in comparison felt so ridiculous. Thereâs just something that bothers me about deception/âI have a secretâ story plots where characters refuse to lie and/or are terrible at lying on the spotâlike youâre either committed to keeping this a secret at all costs or not!! Youâre stressing me out!!! Another thing that bothered me was how heavily Meddy started internal monologuing during all the high intensity situations at the end of the book; she kept repeating the same thoughts/themes and it got a bit too repetitive in a way that took me out of the action.
But about the pacing and ending of the book: honestly, despite how insane the premise is, the first half of the book does feel like it unfolds rather realistically for the situations that keep happening regarding the dead body main plot, and disbelief can be reasonably suspended to go along with the zaninessâwhich is perfect. However, after the actual wedding ceremony ended is where it started to go too off the rails for me, and I just wasnât satisfied with how everything past that ended up unfolding and wrapping up the book. It was all wayy too much and too fast in my opinion, so I found myself disappointed by HOW we got to the ending (the ending we all all into the book knowing from the start). So in all, this book ended up being a little bit of a miss for me compared to how I originally thought I was going to like it, and Iâm not sure Iâm going to read the sequel(s) âčïž
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Car accident, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol
Minor: Racism