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kotashomelibrary's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Stalking
Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
aisclaradm's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, and Abandonment
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Abortion, and Toxic friendship
vincef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit and Abandonment
redisreading'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
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Sexual harassment
nehaslibrary's review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment
suchismita_2000's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
My thoughts?
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Abandonment
People who are a little sensitive of the trigger warnings should be careful. As some scenes might be too intense for some readers.mtthplc'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
2.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Violence, and Alcohol
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Blood, Vomit, and Abandonment
s__'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
1.75
- The only salvageable thing about this book is the explanation given for Rachel's
memory loss . That was brilliant, but it wasn't enough to make up for the rest of the book being boring. - The characters in this were extremely unlikable, which is saying something, since I typically don't care about the "likability" of characters. How can you write a book in which your main character is that unlikable?! No, I didn't find her unlikable because of her
alcohol addiction . She was unlikable because she wasa stalker who kept groveling to her cheating ex (Yes, I would have said the same thing if she weren't a woman). How can you make your main character stupid, pathetic, obsessive, and lack self-respect????? I kept waiting for a character arc and it didn't come until the very last page of the book (if you even want to call it that!). The only true character arc was given to Megan/Jess. - The book is written in a convoluted irritating way. I don't have a problem with the different POV's, but why do the chapters have to be divided based on the time of day as well?! You are not doing a good job telling a story if you have to rely on telling the reader what time of day it is even after giving them other details.
- The book was littered with details that weren't important (No, they didn't help build the atmosphere). Most of the book just felt repetitive and as if the author is just trying to increase their word count.
- You'll easily figure out the culprit before the halfway mark if you frequently read mysteries. The book lacks all the "thrill" of a thriller (which is especially important if your culprit is predictable), and there's no real shocking, big twist that makes it worth reading through all those pages.
- I didn't appreciate the negative attitude the book had towards stay-at-home wives and moms.
- I'm bored of thrillers having the most overdone motive and culprit, or at least do it in a clever and creative way. If you're looking for a thematically similar book, I'd suggest The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. It might not be a 5-star read (at least for me), but it's much more clever in the way it reveals the culprit.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Drug use, Infertility, Racism, Excrement, Vomit, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment
sheadunlop's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol
wowitsmadison'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Abandonment