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whatellisreadnext's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- 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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, and Murder
kelsireads's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Medical trauma
Moderate: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence
Minor: Fatphobia
lisasf2f04's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence
thecandlelightlibrary's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I LOVED the first 40% of this book, but the rest didn’t quite live up to my expectations and I had a few problems with the book as a whole:
- While I enjoyed the employee “bios” at the beginning, once the narrative actually begins I don’t think the characters were introduced effectively. Too many characters introduced in the first few pages and I spent several chapters with one of the POV characters trying to determine if the author either forgot about a character or suddenly changed the name and the editing process didn’t catch it.
- I really didn’t appreciate who the murder turned out to be; in fact, the theories I had imagined in my head would have probably been more exciting as twists to the story. Additionally,
I felt the murder’s character relied on too many tropes specific to people who have social anxiety/feel like outsiders in any situation with a group of people. It REALLY read like “Hey! Outsiders/the quiet ones/people who don't fit in are always the murderous psychopaths! Didn’t you know this?” This was SO disappointing, especially since several of the other characters *could* have had better motives. - This may be oddly specific, but the French parts didn’t work for me. Despite having several characters who spoke French, random words were in French, but when the characters actually spoke in French it would say “so-and-so said in French”. I found this really clumsy to read and feel it could have been integrated better.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Blood
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault
soppysays's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Child abuse
janeharder's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
The best version of this set-up that I have seen thus far. Not my favourite, but so much better than anything by Lucy Foley. The last third was easily the best part, and only really because it added something to the formula that I hadn't seen before.
That said, I could tell who the culprit was by about page 25 and that ruined it for me a bit.
That said, I could tell who the culprit was by about page 25 and that ruined it for me a bit.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault