minuee'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? N/A
5.0
Moderate: Blood, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse
meliroo's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual violence
sissi27's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Some of the scenes were so disturbing and the lack of trigger warnings confuses me.
Other than that, the only redeemable characters were Will, Alex and Noah but he vanished for the entire novel after being mentioned for maybe 10 pages.
The epilogue was also one of the worst I read in a book because it made me hate Micheal even more. Speaking about him, the only thing he was doing in the whole damn book was gritting his teeth, slamming her against a wall or yanking Ricka’s hair in order to make out with her. How can anyone be that horny and unwell to enjoy this sort of treatment?
I hated how Ricka was underage (16) in the flashbacks and Micheal was 20! I couldn’t see past the inappropriate age difference
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Animal death, Alcohol, and Bullying
Minor: Car accident
k8lynn'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
3.5
not what i expected, a little disappointed, but overall i enjoyed it.
Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Violence, Sexual content, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, and Forced institutionalization
kaychelle'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Toxic friendship, and Violence
backitupmoony's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Body shaming, Drug use, Incest, and Murder
Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Death of parent
faith99'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
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Gun violence, Death, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Drug use
bookshelfhannah'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
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Violence
emilynied'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
1.5
Anyways...this book wasn't great, but it was fast paced and kept me interested for basically the whole book. I didn't really connect with the characters at all because I think they act pretty terribly for no reason (which I think is kind of the point), but they weren't super likable. These characters are morally grey (and sometimes just bad people) with bad pasts who do not good things.
I thought that Rika was treated terribly for no reason at all - and even the justification provided by the Horsemen doesn't justify the abuse and harassment she went through. I mean, they did some sick things to her. I felt like the turnaround between her and Michael wasn't all that smooth and it went from hatred to love wayy to quickly.
ALSO, why is this man literally a professional basketball player? Based on his history, literally how does he have time for that, I mean he spends the whole book thinking about Rika or terrorizing her and *allegedly* he's on one of the best teams in the NBA? Sir does not have time for that. Out of everything in this book, this was the most unrealistic part for me lol.
I liked the timeline changes between the past and present because it provided a lot of insight on the characters and the plot was certainly interesting, but besides that, this wasn't amazing.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship
usjdjfnnffm2737'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
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Bullying, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol and Kidnapping