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shh_fbi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
clarabooksit's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Stalking, and Abandonment
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
kyra_joy'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
5.0
The characters were all pretty typical of your classic CSI/ criminal minds show but more enjoyable as the length of it allowed for so much for detail.
I always enjoy reading books set in other parts of the world so I really loved it for that aspect.
And the mystery in my opinion really caught me off guard! I am normally pretty good at figuring out endings but this one was a complete surprise.
Definitely will be reading more from this author!
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, and Murder
sarakuba's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse, Islamophobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Classism
kaydawn's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape
kim_ng's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Nevertheless, it is extremely (sometimes unnecessarily) graphic, dark, brutal and gory.
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Die Story an sich war gut. Leider fand ich die deutsche Übersetzung manchmal sehr eigenartig. Mit Thulin (weiblicher Hauptcharakter) wurde ich nicht warm, Hesse mochte ich dafür recht gerne. Die Story war ganz gut, zog sich aber an manchen Stellen. Für meinen Geschmack ist das Buch teilweise aber sehr grausam und brutal.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism and Kidnapping
ceciiiilllleeeee's review against another edition
1.5
Was not overly satisfied with the ending either - too many loose ends, and the logic behind the killings (particularly why women were targeted) didn’t hold up.
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder
Minor: Islamophobia
jettaparadis'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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
appurusakura'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
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping
Minor: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking
victoriakuo13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I would agree with a lot of the other reviews saying this book was slow to start. The varying POVs are interesting once you get a hold of the characters. Before that, it’s like a swamp in your brain where you’re constantly trying to think back and remember whose life you’re reading about.
While most other thrillers I’ve read have been undeniably fast paced, this is the first one I’ve felt has been a slow burn. I’m not sure how I liked it— it was definitely a fridge at times, but I do feel like it made the payoff that much better. I liked feeling like the puzzle pieces were slowly coming together in my head.
I really enjoyed the partnership between Thulin and Hess even though I wish they actually worked together more. I thought they had good chemistry and would love to read another mystery with them in it. There’s so much room for relationship development there and I’m sad it has to end here.
I’m usually absolutely awful at guessing who the murderer is, so I’m kinda shocked that I actually did guess this one. This person was my main suspect from the beginning, and again, I SUCK at piecing these things together so if you’re the type of person who wants to be surprised, you may not be in this case? Or it’s possible I just had very good luck this time around.
There are also a few questions that I still have that I don’t feel were answered in the book but the way the chapters are structured so that something is revealed and then the author explains it fully many chapters later may be the reason why. I may have just missed it.
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder