The design and UX isn't done, Rob and Abbie, okkurrrr! 😌
cadefritz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse
hmbrokaw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism
Moderate: Sexual assault
jenny_englishsnob'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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse and Domestic abuse
elli135's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Abandonment
tonix234'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
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Classism, Death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Bullying
Minor: Infertility, Blood, Car accident, and Racial slurs
meganrina's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Racism and Murder
ilikeoatlattes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Rape and Domestic abuse
zoegg'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
1) i love a good mystery, but the two biggest twists in the book were frankly anything but 🤷 ESPECIALLY the poet one, it really made the rest of the book seem corny in retrospect.
2) i understand the story is set in a contentious time for race relations, but i don’t think race was a big enough point in the plot for the author to make so many distinctions on it while building the setting. & truthfully, i don’t think it’s appropriate for any white author to be writing out the hard r EVER. that left such a horrible feeling in my stomach & honestly left a negative impression for me for the rest of the book.
all in all: it was fine. there are better murder mysteries out there, so i don’t think it deserves the hype it got.
Moderate: Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Murder
Minor: Racial slurs and Racism
ritashier's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, and Domestic abuse
justmys's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Classism, Grief, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Racism, and Child abuse
Moderate: Sexism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Car accident, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Cancer, Hate crime, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Bullying, Murder, Child death, Stalking, Misogyny, and Racism