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cdelgado88284's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Minor: Cancer and Car accident
ksamaine95's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
kteq's review against another edition
2.25
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug abuse, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Death of parent
greenlivingaudioworm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
abookandaspotoftea's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Classism
thereadingraccoon's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicide
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
I loved Sadie! But this book was just terrible. The MC was highly unlikeable. I think you were supposed to feel sorry for her, but honestly, I didn't really. She just seemed like an entitled poor person. who thought she deserved better because she was attractive, WTF. As someone without a lot of money, I'd never assume, "well, if I were more attractive... I'd be rich!". Just because you're attractive does not translate into an entitlement to be rich. NO ONE has the entitlement to have money. Some people are lucky enough to be born with money or have an easy or harder path to wealth, but most people will still be around where they were born.
I did like Nora and Tyler. But they couldn't make up for Georgia.
Also, Georgia's entitlement overruled any thought of the "thriller" element, which was mostly ignored for Georgia's attempts at social climbing.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
Moderate: Drug use, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Vomit
lrcartee's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
I love Courtney Summers books. I love how she tackles difficult subjects and brings them to light. I wanted to love this book. I did not. There were so many plot points that it was very hard to decide how to write a synopsis. Was it about Georgia’s obsession with the resort and the people who run it? Was it the fact Georgia found the dead body of a 13 year old girl and trying to solve the mystery of what happened to her? Was it about trying to spotlight a young girl’s naïveté and thereby unable to see the dangers that lurked around her? I don’t know! It was all those things and didn’t do any of them particularly well. It was too disjointed and because of that nothing really resolved. As for character development, there was none. Georgia wandered in and out of so many traumatic experiences seemingly learning nothing from any of them. She became very trying.
The blurb for this book says it’s about Georgia and her friend trying to find out what happened to her friend’s sister. To me this was secondary. In my opinion, it was more about Georgia fulfilling her dreams no matter the cost and sometimes stumbling upon something about the murder case, usually by being in situations from very poor decision making.
Another reviewer wrote that the entire book was a giant trigger warning and I agree. They were all represented, rape, child molestation, grooming, human trafficking, murder, suicide, drug use, classism and more. For me, the book needed more cohesion. As I said I have loved Summers other books but this one, for me, was just too all over the place.
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism