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ellacolton's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
austonbevins's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
leighannc's review against another edition
3.0
Definitely not what I would consider a thriller but still a good book. There was a lot of drama and you could tell everything was building up to something big.
eashby2's review against another edition
slow-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
1.0
Nothing happened? I found this incredibly boring. I was waiting for the twist or the conflict or the shock. Nothing until like the final 15 minutes of the book. Not worth it.
femezoid's review against another edition
dark
sad
tense
slow-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
3.5
tectonicplate'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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Rape
thisroundsonme's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- 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
2.0
A book you can read in a day or two. Book about a drive by dad who doesn’t know it. Flawed understanding of his own family and life.
dreaming_ace's review against another edition
3.0
I am giving this a 3 because it is well written but in terms of my enjoyment of the story I would probably give it 1 star.
The main character is a creepy manipulative gaslighting miss-treater of women (his sisters, mother, wife, daughter, co-workers …) who tries to explain these characteristics away through paternalism which almost makes all his behaviors throughout the whole story even worst.
Personally if a character is going to be creepy manipulative and gaslighting I would prefer they were doing so for power, or money, or revenge or something tangible, instead of being creepy manipulative and gaslighting under the false pretense it was better for the women in their lives.
Personally for me by the time we get to the end the ending is not shocking at all, he has been a horrible person over the course of the whole book and no matter how much he says he is a "good man" he never is.
This is the type of book that I have to go on a long walk after reading in order to decompress.
The main character is a creepy manipulative gaslighting miss-treater of women (his sisters, mother, wife, daughter, co-workers …) who tries to explain these characteristics away through paternalism which almost makes all his behaviors throughout the whole story even worst.
Personally if a character is going to be creepy manipulative and gaslighting I would prefer they were doing so for power, or money, or revenge or something tangible, instead of being creepy manipulative and gaslighting under the false pretense it was better for the women in their lives.
Personally for me by the time we get to the end the ending is not shocking at all, he has been a horrible person over the course of the whole book and no matter how much he says he is a "good man" he never is.
This is the type of book that I have to go on a long walk after reading in order to decompress.
monicamjw's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5