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sophie_hans's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Pregnancy
gmbooks11_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
readbycarina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Terminal illness, Vomit, Car accident, and Death of parent
planetshelf'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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Drug use, Rape, and Alcohol
nessabali'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
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
jdoerhoff's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Abortion, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
sydbent21'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: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
eshiltonn'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? It's complicated
4.5
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
criticalgayze'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
2.5
A part of me wants to say that I now at least have an understanding of the CoHo craze, but this is her only thriller, and I truly cannot imagine reading a book by her that was just the romantic parts of this one.
I fully intended to give this book 1.5-stars because I am absolutely sick of the trope of painting PPD as some kind of villainous trait in women, but I think that, while the narrator is still disgustingly judgmental of the kind of psychological trauma pregnancy and childbirth can put a woman through, Hoover herself seems (maybe?) to have mostly redeemed her own complicity in the trope with the book's ending. (Although I am largely as confused as the narrator as to whether this is actually the case or not)
Speaking of the ending, talk about rushed. I felt like, throughout the book, the order of escalation was out of whack, there were largely spurts of tension in amongst the drudgery of straight white horniness as opposed to well built and sustained suspense, and that the culminating scene was over largely before I even realized it had begun.
tl;dr: Not good writing, but I tore through it in two days, so maybe there's something to be said for the Hoover phenomenon.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Abortion, and Murder
Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
l_myers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail