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agusbelegni's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
La trama del libro es original e interesante, con personajes super queribles. Ideal para adolescentes, para salir de un bloqueo lector o para una lectura ligera que no te implique pensar demasiado pero sea muy buena.
Aunque no soy fan de los triángulos amorosos entiendo que apuntaba a otro público (y tampoco creo que haya estado mal hecho, solo que para mi era obvio con quién tenía que quedarse).
El final me dejó con ganas de más, siento que la situación se resuelve demasiado rápido y me hubiera gustado que tenga un giro de trama increible que me sorprenda pero no me desilusionó.
Uno de los mejores libros que leí en el año.
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder
zeitfensterr's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity
Minor: Pregnancy
cowboy_like_lilly's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
the_readingwitch'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: Body horror, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder
litbrett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
zoilac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, and Mental illness
jessskye's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Torture, and Murder
wickedgrumpy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Unfortunately, suffers from teenage angst and predictable plot.
Minor: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
mikathereviewer'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? No
4.0
‘When you changed one assumption, you changed everything.’
- Cassie
There is foreshadowing of plot twists but very very subtle. You have to read between the lines to actually get them before the plot twist reveal. Which I looove. I hate books that are so obvious with their plot twists, I mean the last foreshadowing of Lia for the first plot twist kinda got me, but it was good nevertheless! And really you have to think. It's not like the typical story you read on autopilot and still get the plot twist 'cause it was way too obvious. These plot twists are fresh!
The last plot twist was so crazy. It was like a double plot twist. And the first one I got it, but the second one? I was close but couldn't decide between two characters but they were alike so guess I theoretically also solved this one before we got the plot twist? But seriously this book deserves to be called; Having a shocking plot twist. As it was (at least for me) not that obvious as most books would do and it was more fun guessing. The plot twists are so cool!!
The whole story was facinating we also have no plot holes and everything gets explained (unless these French words which is a bit annoying). We also get explanations for the conclusion of each chatacters when they investigate. Everything made perfect sense, no stupid decions made by characters and it just felt so good. Good to read something like this in a while. We also had no flat characters and got LOTS of backstory. They are all so interesting and their quirks too (especially Sloan's!).
Lia is actually a useless natural 'cause detecting lies is not always possible. Especially with psychopaths. They have way higher dopamine levels in their brain and they lack any emotions or feelings that can hint/detect a lie. A lie detector is actually only an anxiety detector as people tend to get nervous when they lie as they are afraid to get caught lying. Psychopaths have a smaller amygdala, which is responsible for fear and anxiety and a reduced connections between the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC), which is responsible for guilt, empathy, etc. Lia is supposed to detect lies from any individual which isn't possible as she can't detect any fear, facial expression changes, et cetera in a psychopath as they show NO remorse and NO fear. So if she is supposed to do it for a psychopath which also have a higher chance of murdering and even becoming serial killers, she would be quite useless.
The whole love triangle was so hard to read. Don't get me wrong, love triangles are actually one of my favourite tropes, BUT Michael just seemed so off and I just didn't like how he kinda played with Cassie's feelings.
I also was a bit annoyed by the fact that we got French and Italian words and even whole sentences but never a translation. That frustrated me a lot, for a book that explaines so much, but not this.
The ending was definitely amazing, but it felt a bit like an actual ending. Like not a 'sequel coming soon' ending. Just an end. And that was a bit of a let down. Like what is supposed to happen in the next book?
What I think of each character in this book
Cassie (Cassandra Hobbes): You're the main character of course we like you. Also, you are smart, don't be insecure about being different!!
Michael (Townsend): I KNEW IT
Dean (Redding): You are soo interesting. Love your backstory!
Lia: You give me mixed feelings
Sloan: You deserve more screen time honestly. We barely see you and you sound interesting to!! (Oh and stop drinking coffee you go nuts girl)
Judd Hawkins: You are such a mood hahahfgahsya
Agent (Tanner) Briggs: Without you we wouldn't have this story. Thank you for kidnapping Cassie 🤭
Director Sterling: Without you we wouldn't even had the sketch of this book. Thank you
Agent Locke: Love how you always win the arguments with Agent Briggs
Lorelai: I know you are the real villain in this story. ADMIT IT!
You: I know that's not just a mind thing. You are real.
I really had fun reading this book, I can only recommend it. Especially if you like murder mysteries as it reminded me of one strongly. It's also a series so you have more than enough story to read and perhaps fall in love with. Actually got this book recommended too, by someone who has this book as her favourite book and I can totally see why. So far not part of my 'favourite books' yet, but that might change.
20. July 2024
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Stalking
Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
abbiebonnyman'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail