adelinebal4'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
4.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Murder, Outing, Drug use, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Car accident, and Gun violence
Moderate: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Gore, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail
chelly_reads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Gaslighting, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug use, Alcohol, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic friendship
bessadams's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Gun violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Self harm, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Outing, Abortion, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Drug abuse
Minor: Death of parent and Vomit
rnbrown19'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Car accident, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide attempt
tiffany8's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Car accident, Gun violence, and Murder
brookey8888'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Alcohol, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Blood, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Outing, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Violence
mmadill227's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Car accident, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Gun violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abortion
lydiavsbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
I have very mixed feelings about this one. Overall it was a really good time, a super fast read and exactly what you want from a thriller. But in the last 100 pages or so there were a few things that I found really irritating thats ended up bringing my enjoyment right down.
There were a few minor irritations throughout with things that seemed a little too far fetched, and a main character that made very annoyingly stupid decisions. But those are things that you can almost expect from thrillers, you're going to need to suspend your disbelief a little, but they started to add up.
About 100 pages from the end I guessed the big reveal, which in itself isn't always a bad thing, it can be fun to guess as you go along and piece things together, but what was frustrating was how unaware the main character, who (as she kept reminding us) was a crime fiction writer, was. The who dunnit felt really glaringly obvious from that point on, and it still took another 70 pages for the mc to figure it out, or even come close to putting the clues together.
There was also a bit of a subplot reveal from the main character that was really emphasised as this BIG secret that ended up being a little frustratingly underwhelming.
And my final complaint, I'm just not a fan of thrillers where there's no real motive explained other than just because they're a bitch.
As much as I've just listed off a bunch of complaints, these are only really things that popped up towards the end, and so for the majority of the book I had a really fun time. The setting was great, the pace was super fast and the back and to between timelines is always something I enjoy. Even towards the end when it was feeling daft and frustrating, it was still really engaging to read.
I'd recommend it for a good read you can race through, but don't go in with your expectations too high
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Car accident and Gun violence
mandi_buelow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.5
The only reason I’m rating it lower is because the characters are in their late twenties but throughout the book, they were very immature in their words and actions towards one another. It was just very high schoolish to me in some points and the way they acted at the “hen”.
I can appreciate (since I’m 32) going out for a girl’s weekend and letting lose but some of the things they did just seemed juvenile especially Nora when she wouldn’t say no to doing something she didn’t want to do. I just feel at that age and having some life experience by that point that you should have enough self confidence to say no to things you aren’t comfortable doing.
Overall it was okay. I’m not mad I read it and I did find the story entertaining.
Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Car accident, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Drug use
Minor: Abortion
growintogardens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Car accident, Mental illness, Grief, Medical content, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Pregnancy, Blood, Violence, Abortion, Cursing, and Vomit