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A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell

16 reviews

daniellelugashi's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide

tayrod4594's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The characters in this book, despite some rather impressive character writing, ultimately feel more like two-dimensional soap opera stereotypes than actual people. Aside from the love they have for the children - expressed not at all in the ways they choose to mess up their lives, but still evident in other ways - not one of these people has a single redeeming quality. At times it felt like unintentional satire, but it did keep me engaged - all the way to the last page when I struggled to resist the urge to throw the book out the window. All I can say is that if you come to the book because you liked the movie, you're better off just watching the movie again. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

becomingmk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Incest, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug use

asofiarv's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Incest, Car accident, and Gaslighting

taylorambl18's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Incest, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Drug use and Infidelity

cin19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

infjkiki's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Alcohol

baileyamanono's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship

katie_lucht's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

charlott_e's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

Le fait de connaitre l'histoire de par le visionnage du film a largement altéré ma progression dans l'histoire, mais celle-ci était tout de même très prenante. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use and Violence