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the_berries_books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism and Fire/Fire injury
sam_reads19's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Murder
grays_opinion's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol
Minor: Infidelity
paronomaniac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Drug use and Infidelity
mrsmishler's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Infidelity, Murder, and Alcohol
rubyl28's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
bzliz's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The mystery itself was much less solvable in my opinion. I did catch one of the main clues but I had a hard time connecting it to a killer since the cast was so big. I don’t know how I feel about this child going to spend the night at a house where someone is almost certainly a murderer. Stevie doesn’t have a very good sense of self preservation, which makes for a better book but is going to catch up to her someday.
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Infidelity
bella_cavicchi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
A delight to devour all the same.
Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Infidelity, Medical content, and Alcohol
lindsaysofia_25'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? It's complicated
4.75
I have to also point out that this book balances the coming of age and romance aspects inherent to a story following a high school student against the mystery very well. Stevie and her friends feel like real high schoolers, all the way down to being extremely horny at inappropriate moments. The themes in the mystery also serve the personal stories of the characters well and vice versa, which helps everything tie to together nicely.
I just love the depiction of the Nine in the flashbacks to '95, and the dynamic the surviving ones have in the present. I am a sucker for these dysfunctional, friend-cestuous, deeply connected friend groups depicted in books ever since reading Secret History, and Nine Liars really delivered on that front. Honestly I'm also impressed Johnson managed to introduce all of them and get me to remember their unique characters without just overwhelming me considering there are nine of them that all appear in the story at the same time.
Moderate: Murder
tanvi45's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Drug use and Infidelity