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coliescorner'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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit
unicornofthesea's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Stalking, and Gaslighting
alexandraloveee's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
hannahcstocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
typographic_whimsy'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
4.0
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism and Cancer
karabiners'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? No
4.5
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Death and Stalking
Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Pedophilia
haleysversion'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
meeklovestoread'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
3.5
It took until we got pasted the first 100 pages for me to actually get excited about what was going on.
I also, guess many of the twists.
Now, I didn't hate this book by any means. It has a lot of entertaining components and a decent amount of suspense to make you want to know more. However, if you read this I don't want you to go in expecting anything crazy or phenomenal. I feel like if you're looking for a basic thriller with a decent amount of suspense and a not-so-crazy plot twist then you may consider giving the book a try.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Suicide attempt
theaceofpages's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The author is very talented at building up suspense and evidence. She slowly builds up a logical argument and quickly breaks it down again. While I did see one or two of the twists coming, this book managed to surprise me more often than not. I appreciated the deeply flawed characters and our clearly unreliable narrator. The latter definitely contributed lot to the mystery and intrigue of the story. While I didn't find any of the characters to be likeable (most of them annoyed me actually and I would have wanted to throw something at them more than once if they were people I knew in real life), they were well-written and believable - something that is definitely more important than likeability in a good story. It was very frustrating that nobody seemed to want to go to the police, but that they would rather do it all themselves. I also loved that the author touched on the issues of confirmation bias and corruption as these are definitely real issues in the legal and criminal industries. I feel like she has built and ingrained these in the story in an incredibly effective way (even we become guilty of it multiple times).
I can definitely recommend this book if you are interested in a small town mystery full of questions and twists with an unreliable narrator. Once the plot gets started you are in for a crazy ride as you dive into the past with Naomi.
Some notes on some of the content warnings (all are spoilered individually so you can only look at those you are interested in)
Mental illness:
Gaslighting:
Sexual assault/violence/pedophilia/adult-minor relationship:
Medical content:
Cancer:
Xenophobia:
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, and Classism
kris386's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism and Infidelity
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Vomit