karly_ackley's review against another edition
- 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: Dementia and Miscarriage
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Child abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Car accident, Vomit, Death, and Gun violence
horizonous'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
3.25
Graphic: Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Violence
◦ Terminal illness = Dementiamghrt06's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Murder and Child abuse
jamiejanae_6's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Death, Blood, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Infidelity, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Dementia, and Child abuse
suneaters'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
3.25
Spoiler
When Corinne went missing, Annaleise was the one that gave the group an alibi. She has been blackmailing Patrick and now tries to do the same to Nic, thinking Nic has money because of Everett (her rich fiancee). One of the pictures Annaleise took shows a body on the porch and she thinks it is Corinne. What happened was Nic hit Corinne with a car. Her father, in trying to make up for his bad parenting, buried the body under the garage. Annaleise ends up calling Daniel's wife Laura to implicate the family in Corinne's death, but Laura ends up killing her to save the life she has after being brought to the brink. Nic figures out what Laura did and warns her brother Daniel to get rid of the gun. Daniel gets rid of Corinne's body. Nic says she doesn't know about the body when Daniel and Tyler find it, but Nic mentions her ability to get Tyler to do what she wants. With this and the way she mention taking the dare and Corinne's surprise, we wonder if the "accident" was on purpose. Nic saw a dare in Corinne's eyes to keep driving when she was on the side of the road as a hitchhiker just like how Corinne had dared Nic to ride on the outside of a ferris wheel. Nic has been trying to make sure her father doesn't talk to the police and that's really why she came back, so he won't sell the house with the body in it or tell the police what happened to "that girl". At some point, Nic's fiancee shows up to help, but Nic keeps having to lie to him and he begins to realize Nic isn't the girl he thought she was. Nic realizes she has to stay in Cooley Ridge to keep an eye on everyone who knows what happened to Corinne all those years ago. She breaks up with him, gives Tyler an alibi, and ends up pregnant with his child and living with her father in Tyler's house. In the end, she is trapped in Cooley Ridge even though she tried so hard to escape. Generally, a depressing story of female friendship twisted into something awful and a group of people trapped together by their own lies.Graphic: Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Murder
Minor: Chronic illness and Physical abuse
maddy_24's review
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Toxic friendship
Minor: Child abuse, Death of parent, Suicide, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse