velvetreads_'s review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Death of parent, Child death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Infertility, Addiction, Alcohol, and Grief
Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Gaslighting, and Drug abuse
nat_foerster's review
- 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
2.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Death of parent, Cancer, Death, and Bullying
lottiebrooks'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
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Cancer
amplawrence'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
1.0
Graphic: Murder, Rape, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Stalking, Medical content, and Drug use
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Cancer and Self harm
_savannahreads_'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
4.0
Moderate: Alcohol, Infertility, Toxic relationship, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Death, Rape, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Chronic illness and Cancer
taylorleclere's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Rape, Violence, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness
savvyrosereads'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
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Death of parent
Moderate: Terminal illness and Cancer
annakurnot's review
- 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: Rape, Stalking, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Death of parent and Infertility
Minor: Cancer
ekmoore11'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying and Infertility
Minor: Cancer
v171's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
The good: Paced how you'd expect a thriller book to be paced. The twists at the end were interesting.
The bad: I don't like the concept of an unreliable narrator being used as a plot device. It was burdensome to have to mentally track what was true and false throughout the entire story. I found all of the characters to be unlikable, but I think some were written in a way that I was supposed to sympathize with them. Shifting POV is fine when done well, but I found it to be disruptive in this book. However, the automatic 1 star for me was the multiple instances of rape and sexual assault. There are better, more creative ways to make me to hate a character than making them a rape a woman in a coma. I found it to be a lazy way to add shock factor to a story that didn't need i
Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Infertility, Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Violence
Minor: Cancer and Vomit