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insideunder's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Excrement
macysvibe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol
arialovegreen'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
4.5
I'm not usually one for inconclusive endings, and I'm usually the first to sniff out and predict a plot twist in books but the twist in this one took me very much by surprise. I gasped out loud when the major story reveal occurred, I'll admit.
I took this book down in about a couple of hours of reading. I kept finding myself wondering about the world of Theo and Alicia until I finished. The mystery, the will-they, won't-they of it all kept drawing me in until I saw the story to it's conclusion. Michaelides did an amazing job of pacing the story, and I loved the transposed inclusion of Alicia's diary as the plot progressed to reveal more to us about certain characters and their motives as the story went on. I saw in the back that Michaelides mentioned this was to make the reader more invested/caring of Alicia and it definitely worked. I found myself sympathizing with her more and more as the story went on, despite her present lack of communication.
I could go on, but the bottom line is (haha): if you are even mildly intrigued by mystery or thriller novels, please pick this one up. It's worth it.
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Rape and Vomit
jgillard4'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment
thekatlouise's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder
edoering'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
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness and Murder
Moderate: Addiction and Death
Minor: Rape, Stalking, and Car accident
brandywyne'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
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol
saskiahill's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
rodi_queen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Also the leading female is considered beautiful and almost sexually referenced many times from the male’s perspective even though she is in a psychiatric ward due to killing her husband while she is in the main characters therapeutic care.
The story it explains is a 5, Alcestis is an under appreciated literary piece in Greek history. The stories use of common reconstructed modern greek religion was a surprisingly pleasant piece of the novel. The Arete with Alicia’s father and husband, Xenia in the process of ritualized friendship explored by the character Jean-Felix and a strong emphasis placed on the two main characters trying to achieve Eudaimonia through freedom mostly and a couple points in self-suffiency. If exercises Greek traditions in that way.
However, execution needs to be more direct in its timing of the story and the writing could be stronger on the female and male characters alike. In honesty, this book felt as if Alex was banking on the story of Alcestis and Greek culture to really sell his novel. In honesty that’s why I bought it so it worked, I was disappointed overall by how the characters were written and how the story was executed. Otherwise it’s a decent and interesting read.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
kat_0w0's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, and Stalking