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dblue236's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book vaguely ties in with this author's The Silent Patient, but you do not have to have read that book in order to follow this one, or vice versa. It amounts to a brief mention of a couple of characters who are included in the other book that doesn't relate to the story, and both books can be read as standalones. Having said that, I definitely felt The Silent Patient was the stronger of the two. This one certainly wasn't anything like BAD, but the pace was so painfully slow I struggled to follow the plot for about the first half of the book. It did finally pick up toward the end and it turned out to be well worth sticking it out, but of the three books I've read by this author so far, this was definitely my least favorite. It's still worth reading, but maybe don't make it the starting point by which you judge the author's work.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Blood, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Sexual content
miggyfool'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
joperceptions's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
twist. The writing style was easy enough to follow for me. The only comment on that is, I feel as though the character development for supporting characters (important ones too) was just not as strong as it should have been at points. I found myself confused on who certain people were once I hit the end of the book, but that could easily just be a me issue. I’m not going back to check but I feel like it had some minor plot holes, or at least things that weren’t wrapped up in a way that was at all satisfying, nor helpful to answering any questions that the plot twist may have evoked. I feel like the reveal was dropped and somewhere it was forgotten that we’d still want to hear the aftermath (beyond the few pages of whatever we got). And also understand more about wtf that plot
Line was even about and elaborating on it more?? But we got none of that. It’s not a VERY BAD book, it’s actually a really good concept and I like the authors writing style in a general consensus, i just think this book could have been articulated a bit better and it would have been a really good read.
⚠️SPOILER AHEAD⚠️
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
mheiling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism
layla_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Alcohol
madroche's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
killerpancake's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
- Every bit that involved psychotherapy. It seems in order for this topic to be interesting in books that it always has to be approach unethically.
- The Greek tragedy themes feeling like window dressing
- The extremely obvious red herrings
This just didn't do it for me on any level.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment