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remib's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Terminal illness
Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, and War
cookie_lover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and War
Minor: Vomit
tylerc04'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
Overall a solid read, well enjoyed and looking forward to reading The Christmas Appeal in the winter!
Minor: Sexual assault and Suicide
thisbookisbananas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I wish the pacing had been better because it was 70% of the same plot line over and over and then it galloped to a crazy twisty end. I will pick up another book by the author. This one just didn’t work so well for me.
Moderate: Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual assault and Murder
brittaanson's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The emails and texts are written brilliantly, evoking clear personalities in their different styles. It's fascinating to read the difference in tone between a character's public email to a mailing list versus what they text in private to their partner, versus what they purposefully avoid sharing, despite you knowing they have the information in question from what another character wrote to someone else. All of the communication styles are very recognizable and realistic for their characters as well. This book is masterfully constructed, and sucked me right in. I couldn't put it down.
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, and War
browsingthebooks's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Child abuse and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Excrement, Medical content, Trafficking, Murder, and Pregnancy
This was actually a really clean book as compared to a lot of contemporary mystery novels. Only a couple of curses in the whole thing. No sexual content. Most of the warnings I listed as minor were just references.mousecat'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
4.5
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Addiction and Murder
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
a_davis's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Child abuse
missgrangerr'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
4.0
Graphic: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, and Sexual assault
lisaarnsdorf's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
The main crimes were pretty obvious early on. And there weren’t any characters that I was particularly fond of. So I didn’t really care that much that any of them happened. Except that the author never bothered to write about the impacts on the little girl at the heart of the story. We never once spend any time reflecting on how her cancer diagnosis will impact her and her nuclear family. There’s a “kids are resilient” attitude that is incredibly naive.
The book was way too long. And it just made the deception on the reader that much more obvious. It was easy to read, but so incredibly annoying.
Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual assault