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katereads02'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
2.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol
bookishmillennial'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
LMAO I screamed when I finished this book because ultimately, I support women's wrongs.
I read this in one sitting, and I suspected the ending because I am perpetually suspicious of everyone, and even though I wasn't exactly shocked, I was still delighted to see I was right.
This would be a fun one for a longer plane ride, or simply a beach read. It was a lot of fun to speed through in one sitting!
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent
julienicole1106's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
dizpig's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Confinement, Blood, and Stalking
princess_marie'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
4.25
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief
rose_ndrd'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? No
2.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Alcohol
greatexpectations77'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
2.75
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Alcohol and Injury/Injury detail
dmagboul's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
nc_unknown_user'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
Seriously though… this one makes next to no sense. Almost like it’s trying too hard to be a psychological thriller and manages to lose what makes good thrillers. Like, I don’t know… being something that could actually happen? I wasn’t really a fan of this book from early on but of course, I just had to know where this story was going. Sad to say, it didn’t really go anywhere good.
Nearly every part of this story was unbelievable. From the actions to the words to just… all of it. It was so unrealistic and that alone makes it hard to go along with as you read. On top of that, the characters are unlikeable at best and many parts of the story are pretty pointless and unnecessary. And like many other books in this genre, they take far too long to get to the point and then speed through big twists in the last few pages. I mean, I understand these twists can’t start at the beginning and last the entire book, but why must we always waste so much time on pointless things for hundreds of pages and then blow past the most interesting parts in the last five sentences? Maybe this genre just isn’t for me.
I was sucked in by the description and cover art but let down pretty hard by the actual story. The writing wasn’t awful so I’ll give it 2 stars but that’s all I can offer. It’s always a shame when the description offers more than the rest of the book.
Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
slaywithsteph'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? It's complicated
3.0
They say love makes you blind. This wasn’t love though. This was lust, and it makes you downright stupid.
Grace Evans, an attractive city woman, visits a ranch in the middle of nowhere to get away from her busy city life and gets a little cozy with her host Calvin, an attractive cowboy. However, there’s a locked door, a missing woman, a sheriff snooping around and an angry ex that complicate the love budding between Grace and Calvin.
I don’t know if it’s the sheer number of horror/thriller movies, television shows and books that I’ve consumed, but I find myself knowing the ending at the very beginning, so the twists in this one weren’t really all that surprising to me.
That said, I love the red herrings thrown in and at least twice, I thought, “Huh, maybe I’ll be wrong and so-so will be the killer.”
The book flops between Grace and Calvin’s POV, and I found this enjoyable and adding to the fun and mystery.
The love story (and triangleish?) was cringey and meh. It was more of a lust plot than love, in my opinion, and there was a little of smut.
It’s good for what it is, but if you’re not a fan of cringe and lust stories, I suggest steering clear, because you have to wade through half the book before the thriller part of the plot kicks in.
Graphic: Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Alcohol