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finnickdeservedbetter'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
1.5
Graphic: Addiction, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Outing
Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent
meahjones'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing
thatswhatshanread's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The writing and pace was so perfect for the material. Half of the book is set in current day, during the ten year college reunion of a group of friends at their prestigious North Carolina university. Ten years after one of those friends was murdered, still a cold case. Who did it, and why? That’s just what this homecoming weekend is for finding out. The other half is told in snippets from the past, what happened before and after Heather was killed, who had motive, who was hiding secrets.
Only, everyone was hiding secrets.
To me, the whole book kinda read like the last two episodes of the original Gossip Girl season one, just add more sinister vibes and definitely some Scream vibes. Everyone is a suspect, everyone is hooking up with people they shouldn’t be, everyone is lying to someone they love. Everyone is pretending to be something they’re not.
While I guessed the killer before it was revealed, I still had a lot of fun with this one. The book is full of characters you love to hate, lives you wish you could steal, until someone ends up—as they usually do—dead.
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Outing, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Car accident
atalea's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Classism
Minor: Bullying, Stalking, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol
chuck3791's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Suicide, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Classism
Minor: Sexism, Vomit, and Outing
nadiajohnsonbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Homophobia, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
vaguely_pink'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
3.5
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Murder, and Classism
Moderate: Addiction, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Sexism, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Outing, and Alcohol
violagirl25's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Biphobia, Cursing, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Outing, and Alcohol
carina_dreamer's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
✂️ Their appearance-focused daily life, mean girls' behaviour, sorority/fraternity crazy shenanigans... All that comes to a halt when one of their friends is murdered and the group falls apart. Ten years later, the crime is still unsolved and the little brother of the victim organizes a college reunion to antagonize the group for answers.
✂️ We have two timelines, I enjoyed the back and forward because it felt like an episode of HTGAWM since every time a secret was revealed in the present we got a flashback about it. And there's a feeling of thriller and anticipation when we start to get closer to the truth and I enjoyed that a lot.
✂️ Unfortunately, for me, I couldn't stand the characters! They're awful people, the high school stereotypes but make it college-centered, their friendship and love affairs are revealed to be full of lies... It's toxicity over and over again. I can't say it doesn't go well with the plot of the book, cause it does, but I couldn't enjoy their self-centred minds to the point I had to DNF my next read the book "Asking for it" by Louise O'Neill because the characters were also awful people.
✂️ The revelation of the true killer was satisfying and the motive was valid, I liked it. The ending I wasn't such a fan, didn't want a happy ending for them...
Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Outing
Minor: Gore, Homophobia, Rape, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
diyanosauruss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, and Death of parent
Minor: Suicide attempt and Outing