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ashwatever98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death, Child death, Dysphoria, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Mental illness and Blood
Minor: Suicide, Self harm, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Grief
This book was a difficult read but was so well written. The troubles of motherhood and mental illness was very well explored. I felt the pain and emotion throughout.r_o_s_e's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Murder, Miscarriage, Child death, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Vomit, and Sexism
feralbookwife'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
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Vomit, Blood, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexism, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship
tifftastic87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I wasn't sure about this one at first, but the way it stuck with me. The bits we know about Izzy's life come out in drips and drabs over the course of the book. We get tiny flashbacks to her childhood and her meeting her husband. All of these flashbacks and the little morsels of information we get serve to paint her as an unreliable narrator, and then add to that her extreme lack of sleep and you have a portrait of a woman losing her mind and her grip on ... well everything.
The twists were foreshadowed nicely in a way that really made you think Izzy was even more unhinged than she is. I didn't expect most of them and I really didn't expect the outcome at all.
Graphic: Miscarriage, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Drug abuse
Minor: Murder
charrrchar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, and Suicide
Minor: Infertility
exlibrissum's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Infidelity, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Suicide
wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Grief, and Infidelity
30before30's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Grief, Suicide, and Murder
zosiablue's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Really sophisticated and moving missing child thriller that boils down to one sentence: for the love of god, address trauma with your children or they will be fucked up for LIFE. Everyone would've probably lived through this story had they one conversation with their parents.
Additionally, the husband in the story was one of the most odious villains I've come across in a while. I hated that dude so much.
Last, this made me want to live in both Savannah and Beaufort. Why in the world am I in Minnesota?
Graphic: Child death, Gaslighting, Grief, and Infidelity
Moderate: Murder, Infertility, Suicide, Pregnancy, and Toxic relationship
mysterymom40's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Infidelity, and Child death
Moderate: Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury