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inirac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
This one suffered from Chekov's Magical Realism. If Magical Realism is mentioned in Act 1 then it should at minimum be threat to happen for the rest of the book. It actually doesn't matter if it the world magic or not, but the main character should be questioning it more. This story had the potential to get much weirder and this leaves me disappointed. This is 100% going to be made into a mediocre tv show or movie and I will probably still watch it.
At the least it's impressive it was a thriller without being extremely violent, gory, or focus on sexual assualt.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Kidnapping
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
chilivanilli28's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Suicide
cawaza's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Alcohol
redefiningrachel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Classism
stephbakerbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I do though get annoyed at the "everyone thinks she's crazy and doesn't believe her" trope in thrillers, and this one does have that. That was my main frustration with this story. I'm just so tired of thrillers only being suspenseful because they rely on their women characters being unbelievable. CAN WE HAVE A NEW TROPE PLEASE AND THANK YOU.
Thankfully, Maya spends a lot of the book alone doing her own investigating, and thus not interacting with the people who don't believe her. So I was able to get past it. I did like Maya as a character and I enjoyed the past timeline, where she's a teenager and we see her friendship with Aubrey and Maya learning about her father and her Guatemalan heritage. I didn't really care for any of the other characters.
The ending I felt was unsurprising—at one point, I just did not see any other answer to the mystery so it went the route I was expecting. It was fine.
Anyways, the book did what an average book does—kept me interested long enough to finish the story and feel some satisfaction from the wrap-up before disappearing into the fog of stories that exist in my mind from all the books I've ever read.
Thank you to Libro.fm, Penguin Audio, and the author for my ALC.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Death
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Suicide
bookdragon217's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Suicide