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dustygold's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
My favorite part of it was how I was
I love tense thrillers and the multi-perspective narration for the audiobook was well done, so if you truly have nothing else to read at the moment and you want to pick this one up, I don't think it would hurt. But if your reading time is limited I think there are much better ways to spend it. Unless you work on Wall Street and want to picture your career nemeses in the place of the elevator characters, I guess? Then this will probably be the best book you've ever read in your life.
I listened to this so it's not really easy to go back and double check, but it felt like there were multiple errors in how it was written that really should have been caught in the editing process. However, I liked the audio narrators and thought they did a good job with what they were working with.
P.S. Also, what the heck was up with
P.P.S. 36-ish hours in the elevator and not once did someone have to pee?
Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, and Sexual assault
typedtruths's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Sexual violence
➸ Trigger warnings for ableism, sexism, classism, sexual assault (off-page, discussed), graphic sexual harassment, infidelity, alcoholism, faked suicide, alcohol & drug abuse, drugging, blood depiction, physical injuries including concussion and stroke, hospitalisation of a parent, grief depiction, death of a father (off-page), death of a friend, murder by electrocution, police violence, gun violence, physical assault, kidnapping & captivity, car accident, and discussions of financial difficulties. Context: A secondary character is drugged and sexually assaulted by multiple male coworkers while at work. The assault is covered up and not believed when reported. The character is later murdered; she is drugged and placed into her bathtub with her iPad plugged into a dodgy charger. She is presumed to have died from suicide by electrocution. The protagonist grieves her death. The protagonist's father has a chronic heart condition which he dies from later in the novel (off-page). Multiple characters are kidnapped and confined to an elevator for their entire timeline. They physically assaulted one another, resulting in bloody injuries. In the end, two of them murder each other (gunshot, stabbed with mirror shards) and another is shot by the police.middumullu'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
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Classism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, and Alcohol
suicide -suneaters'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? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Moderate: Ableism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail