ifoundcallie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Violence, Death, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Death of parent, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing
Minor: Medical content, Gun violence, Grief, Vomit, and Domestic abuse
aiyam'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? Yes
1.0
The story vaguely makes no sense and the plot twist is weird and poorly thought out. There is no “gotcha” moment it’s more like “why would anyone write that”. I cannot think of one redeeming factor here but you know what it was a book so. One star I guess.
Moderate: Confinement, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Car accident, Grief, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse
bookworm_43'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Toxic relationship
nrogers_1030's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Misogyny
Moderate: Animal death, Car accident, Kidnapping, and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit, Suicide, Confinement, Gore, and Torture
megandherbook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Grace books her vacation in a small, middle of nowhere town in Wyoming. She has a high stress job in New York City and decides booking an Airbnb in Wyoming is the perfect getaway. She arrives and finds the town and the people strange but quickly takes to the host, Calvin. Even though there's no WiFi or cell service and she feels a little uneasy she decides to make the most of being off the grid. Calvin, who has some tragedy he's trying to get over, quickly becomes smitten with Grace. As Grace's stay continues and Grace and Calvin become closer Grace starts experiencing things that make her more and more suspicious while Calvin is trying his hardest to get closer to Grace but feels she's hiding something from him.
This book starts out almost like a Romance. While there are some suspenseful moments, the main vibe I was getting was a cozy Romance. Though, I'm not mad about it - it really set up for the suspense to build. I'd have read this if it was just a Romance. And when everything comes to a head I was tearing through the (electronic) pages.
The book is told from dual POV's, Grace and Calvin, which made it both easier and harder to put together what is actually happening with each of the characters. I had my suspicions about how this would end and while it did end the way I expected, the motivation behind it had me very caught off guard. So, there's also a great twist!
Also, shout out to the author adding some bookish pop culture throughout the book. From popular BookTok authors to calling out bookish cliches, it was fun to see those things throughout.
Highly recommend!
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Torture, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Death, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse