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leonoor's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Book started out a little bit slow but storyline and characters became more interesting as the book progressed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident and Drug abuse
Moderate: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Medical content
Minor: Suicide and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
librariangeorgia's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Murder, and Suicide
honeyreads1066's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
3.0
I have to admit that it's been a while since I've read a thriller, especially a good one but this was pretty solid. I am probably slightly biased because I love a contained setting but once this book picked up I did enjoy it.
Some issues did annoy me. I understand it's a base and it's realistic but there were a lot of characters, some who were not relevant at all which made it hard to ascertain who's who for a large amount of the book. The focus also shifted about halfway, away from a few of the characters which made them seem unnecessary.
In addition to this, the other characters that you did know about were very bland at times. Some were pretty humanised but others I did not care about at all. And this included Kate.
I also had an issue with Kates addiction. Aside from professionally, there didn't seem to be any stakes or change in her or even very little wrong with her behaviour as an addict. I guess you could attribute her bad decisions which there were many of to addiction but that was not clear. It seemed more like a convenient plot device. I also found her pretty irritating, her decisions at times were questionable and she acknowledged it but then either did them again it made the decision.
Despite this, in the last 50 pages it did pick up and it was very much a who's who which I did enjoy. Overall it was very meh until the ending but a solid read.
Some issues did annoy me. I understand it's a base and it's realistic but there were a lot of characters, some who were not relevant at all which made it hard to ascertain who's who for a large amount of the book. The focus also shifted about halfway, away from a few of the characters which made them seem unnecessary.
In addition to this, the other characters that you did know about were very bland at times. Some were pretty humanised but others I did not care about at all. And this included Kate.
I also had an issue with Kates addiction. Aside from professionally, there didn't seem to be any stakes or change in her or even very little wrong with her behaviour as an addict. I guess you could attribute her bad decisions which there were many of to addiction but that was not clear. It seemed more like a convenient plot device. I also found her pretty irritating, her decisions at times were questionable and she acknowledged it but then either did them again it made the decision.
Despite this, in the last 50 pages it did pick up and it was very much a who's who which I did enjoy. Overall it was very meh until the ending but a solid read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder and Suicide
Minor: Gun violence
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