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daniellelugashi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide
tayrod4594'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
3.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
infjkiki'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: Incest, Infidelity, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, and Alcohol
coco78337'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
2.5
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Incest, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
caseybottiger's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Moderate: Incest
Minor: Drug use, Suicide, and Alcohol
kelly_e'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
1.5
Author: Darcey Bell
Genre: Thriller
Rating: 1.5
Pub Date: August 28, 2018
T H R E E • W O R D S
Twisty • Disappointing • Superficial
📖 S Y N O P S I S
Emily and Stephanie are best friends. A Simple Favor kicks off when Emily asks Stephanie for a simple favour... pick up her son from school. But then, Emily disappears and no one know where she's gone. Of course, Stephanie knows something must be terribly wrong.
💭 T H O U G H T S
I'll start out by saying that I absolutely loved the concept of including blog style writing with a dual perspective narrative, as it allowed to contrast social media with real life. Unfortunately, the execution was poor and the good ended with that concept.
Yes, the story started out quite creepy, but it ended up being so unbelievable and corny that it was comical. The characters are all so unlikeable and unrelatable. The voice felt childish and not at all how adults would converse with one another. And to make matters worse the plot was so slow at times, that I'm not sure how I even ended up finishing.
I haven't seen the movie, but can definitely understand why people say this is the rare case where the movie is better. Do yourself a favour and skip this one. There are definitely thrillers out there focusing on female friendship and domestic drama that are more worth your time.
📚 R E C O M M E N D • T O
• no one
🔖 F A V O U R I T E • Q U O T E S
"But if there were some version of luminol, the stuff they use to find blood at crime scenes, to detect the presence of grief, half the people we pass on the street would light up like Christmas trees."
Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide, Grief, and Murder
death of partnerklubbgodis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Incest
Moderate: Addiction, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Grief
aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol