lily_peach's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Infertility, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Abandonment
Moderate: Animal death, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Murder
Minor: Suicide attempt, Suicide, Stalking, Death of parent, and Death
thebookpaiges's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol
Minor: Body horror
tristapruridge's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Infidelity, Infertility, Stalking, Car accident, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, and Terminal illness
Minor: Violence, Pregnancy, Medical content, Alcohol, Murder, and Grief
growintogardens'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
3.25
Graphic: Infertility, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Murder, Car accident, Death, Infidelity, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Grief, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Violence, and Emotional abuse
clrouse's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, and Infertility
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Car accident, Death, and Sexual content
Minor: Blood
dnlrbchd'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
3.75
Graphic: Alcoholism and Alcohol
Moderate: Death of parent and Infertility
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
alexisgarcia's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Alcohol
emmdashed's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
The Twist was unexpected, and it certainly kept me reading. However, given how character driven this story was I needed to be able to connect and like at least one of them. Even just a little.
The writing was fine. Very readable, if needlessly and unrealistically cryptic. But that comes with the genre, so I can't fault it too much.
I have some Thoughts on the ending so Spoilers ahead:
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Spoiler
Two separate people being this obsessed with a man? Who by all accounts seems like a completely self interested ass? The fuck? Unbelievable. Could never be me.Especially when Adam and Robin get back together ???? Like ???? Girl psychologically tortured, then stabbed your wife? I know you didn't like your wife much but still. Can you ever trust that person again? Let alone think "everything inside her is beautiful"? What more can we expect from Adam I guess.
Amelia wasn't a good person at all, but I don't think she deserved what happened to her.
Also literally what was the point of the last chapter. It added nothing.
Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Infertility, Car accident, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Suicide, and Body shaming
greatestheights'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
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Grief, and Death
spines'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
5.0
i have never been so thrilled by a thriller in my life, i genuinely could not put this down. i kept guessing at where the story would go but it kept fucking twisting. my heart is still fucking racing, i had no idea how all the mysteries and plot threads could be resolved but alice feeney somehow did it.
this book begs for a reread, as the story began to unravel i found myself flipping back and forth between chapters to connect clues that I'd missed and holy shit this is masterfully woven. also love how stressful the ending is too, damn. according to libby this book took me 2 and a half hours to read but it felt like the whole day, i was engrossed!!
i was ready to be disappointed by the slow start but once the plot picked up i literally could not put it down, fucked up my whole day's plans lmfao
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Gaslighting, and Death of parent
Minor: Car accident, Alcohol, and Suicide