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siobhanward'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
1.0
Anyway, this book was typical for Slaughter, but definitely weaker than what I've read from her before. Her penchant for torturing women was a lot less pronounced in this book, so I will give her credit for that, but that was the only redeeming quality. I didn't care much for the characters, there were plot lines that went nowhere and were irrelevant to most of the story and moving through time made the plot hard to follow. I get using time/scene jumps for drama, but in this case, it just made it hard to follow.
I think now that I've gotten a bit more into the crime/thriller genre, especially in terms of series, I'm learning some authors are just not worth reading everything from, and Slaughter might be one of those.
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Violence, Death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Confinement, Medical content, and Gun violence
Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Car accident
jackbifrost'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Addiction, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Rape, Grief, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Infertility, and Vomit