mollywill'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
3.75
Graphic: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Rape, Infidelity, and Gore
Moderate: Pregnancy
Minor: Car accident
arthages's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, and Death
bealittlebrave's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Blood, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Drug use, Bullying, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, and Murder
kirklandprosecco'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: Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Rape
Minor: Classism
somelibrarychick's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Bullying, and Infidelity
Moderate: Grief, Blood, Suicide, and Drug use
Minor: Rape and Body shaming
haleea'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
4.5
I swear, my brain is a scary place sometimes. It gloms on one bad thought and turns it into a flesh-eating virus.
With two absolutely awful main characters, I really enjoyed this book from start to finish. I wish the “twists” were less obvious, but I still could not put it down and was very satisfied with the ending.
Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Drug use, Violence, Rape, and Bullying
bookishgoob'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? N/A
3.5
I loved the exploration of toxic female friendships and the feeling that you’re competing with the group or person that you want to be friends with. The uncomfortable thought of “do i hate this person or do i love them? do i want to be friends? is this an enemy?” Mean girls come in so many different shells, and the fact that Amb couldn’t admit that she was mean is one of the biggest types of mean girls there is. The quote earlier in the book where sully tells amb “flora is a mean girl, she’s a bitch. at least i can own it” felt like a subtle stab at Amb, because amb did the same thing. she hid behind her moral high ground. destroying Flora and her relationships because Flora had something she want. She had to make flora the villain in her fantasy. </ I think it’s really a bad choice to have ambrosia go to jail and have Poppy basically take over her life. it didn’t feel like justice to me. It felt like just another generation of mean girls, where poppy is hiding behind her moral high ground of “she did this to my sister so i’ll do this to her” the last chapter made me angry. Killing off Sully and Kevin and having Amb go to jail made me feel like the author didn’t know really how she wanted to end the story. I also feel like killing Kevin was just Poppy’s way to get rid of him. He was an asshole, sure, but he didn’t have anything to do with Flora’s death. it was completely Sully and Amb. killing Kevin was a vendetta because she never liked him. getting rid of these characters was lazy and honestly boring. Also it wasn’t revealed or clear what actually happened to Flora. Did sully kill her?>
I was invested in this story and the way the story was told. i’ve come to enjoy dual timelines because it adds so much depth to the story. I enjoyed the story, again, up until the last chapter. it’s a quick read so i do recommend it.
Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/injury detail, and Mental illness
coles14_'s review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Rape, Alcohol, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Pregnancy
pernillelsk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Infidelity
Moderate: Sexual assault, Drug use, and Suicide
iuliaq'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? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Suicide, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, and Self harm
Moderate: Drug use, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Car accident, Abortion, Rape, and Cancer