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aschmitttyy's review against another edition
- 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: Confinement and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Blood
add_a_little_spook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual content, and Blood
Minor: Infertility, Rape, Death of parent, and Abandonment
dezaraemd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Classism, and Deportation
nyquillll's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
There were a couple things I was able to guess correctly from the start:
Things I enjoyed:
- Freida does a great job, I think, of building out characters in a way that provokes an emotional reaction to them. In most of her stories, I’m able to get into her characters’ heads and really picture what they’re experiencing - which means I’m more invested in how things end. She also has a habit of gently leading you to believe one thing and then pulling back the curtain - et voila!!
- I was trying like crazy to guess what would happen, and I think I got there a couple times from the heavy hints - but Freida also loves dropping red herrings that I fall for
- The complexity of this story to document
domestic abuse (to the extremes) and the toll it takes on the person who stays - how hard it is to escape - I know it took halfway through the book for the plot to start plotting, but I think it felt genius, because when Part II hits, you begin to question everything you read and how you interpreted it, and I LOVE this feeling
- The ending. I do not condone
murder at all, but the comeuppance felt like the story was fully completed. I’m super curious to see where the second books takes off from, now that we’ve been introduced to this new role Millie can play. I’m really glad Freida chose to haveNina protect Millie, even if she needed cajoling, because it’s true, Millie didn’t deserve to be set up for this just because she had a prison record - Just wow - at one point, I literally said
“I think there’s a plot hole, they never mentioned where the daughter went, she disappeared” AND THEN I LEARNED - The reveal felt like everything. I had to close this book multiple times and just gasp because it felt like a long time coming, but then to finally see how it played out???? Couldn’t have predicted the twist, even though everything felt like it made sense in the story world, especially the smaller reveals in the last few chapters
THE PEANUT BUTTER
Things I didn’t enjoy as much:
- Some of the writing around “foreigners” and accented English - although I think it was played up to reflect the stereotype of rich people being rude? But I was a bit sensitive to this
- Again, comments about
“I deliberately put on weight so I wouldn’t be sexually desirable” - How bratty CeCe was - and it was never really fully explained why she acted this way with people who weren’t her mother
Overall, I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be reading the rest in the series!
Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Classism
tamtaro's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Classism
lianathereader'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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Mental illness and Murder
gracefulraven's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, and Deportation
sydoodle's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism
Minor: Violence, Suicide attempt, and Deportation
lindseygurney'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
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Classism
loudo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Deportation