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alisonannk's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.5
Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child abuse and Death
Minor: Excrement
marliesje's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed reading the story through the several emails, texts and the occasional note. It allowed me to learn a lot of different things, from several perspectives. At first it was a bit hard to keep track of everyone and who they were but I ended up memorising most of them; and there are two cheat sheets in case you forget haha
Graphic: Cancer
Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Rape, and Suicide
rachelizx's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Violence, Medical content, and Grief
toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
What I can tell you is that this is a murder mystery wherein you are provided texts, emails, and other bits of evidence for the case and are basically meant to solve it alongside the two young lawyers, Femi and Charlotte. I loved how this book was written *so* much. I'm nosey, so I loved the feel of reading people's emails and snooping around their shit. Plus, I really enjoyed actively trying to solve the mystery. I broke my tabs out, I got out my pen and my journal, and got to work. I simply had the best time. I can't BELIEVE that this is a debut novel. This author is a total auto-buy for me from here on out.
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Excrement, and Stalking
Minor: Animal death, Hate crime, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol
odrib's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Death, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Excrement, and Colonisation
kstericker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Minor: Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy
booksjessreads's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
4.0
When I bought this book, I expected it to be <i>purely</i> emails, texts etc. with a page at the end telling you if you got it right, but this is not what you get. Emails and texts make a large chunk of it, but you do actually see the correspondence of the people trying to solve the crime alongside you and their texts to one another summarise the events that have just happened, as well as posing questions that help you along the way. You are not completely left to your own devices. It is really interesting to see their thought processes alongside your own.
Each group of characters has their own subplot going on, and they all intermingle in their own way. In the beginning it was quite hard to piece together who was who and what subplot belonged to which family/set of relations. However, when you become engrossed in the book it completely encapsulates you and it does start to make sense. I think this is what knocked me from giving it 5 stars - there were too many characters in it for me. However, I think this in itself was carried off so well and so realistic because real-life crimes involve a lot of people in the periphery and so despite this, it was so cleverly done.
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Medical content, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Addiction, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Alcohol
embey'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, and War
Minor: Racism and Torture
readbydusk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Medical content
Moderate: Bullying and Sexual assault
bookshelf_al'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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Cancer, Mental illness, Medical content, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Medical content, Murder, Gaslighting, and War