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annietaber'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: Animal cruelty, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Physical abuse, Body horror, Drug use, Excrement, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Drug abuse
frekdal'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
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Biphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence
corruptednatz's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Gaslighting, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Infidelity, Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Suicide
n1ghthag'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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Body horror, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Vomit
charvermont'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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Vomit, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Car accident, Death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content
seanamcphie'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
3.5
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Torture, Toxic friendship, Death, Gore, Grief, Violence, Alcohol, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Addiction
daredeviling'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
3.25
I had mixed feelings about it. On one hand, I loved all the drama and focus on characters, but it was also just...so long? I see what a lot of reviews said about the book needing a lot of cuts. Like there were just scenes where the main character was naming names of streets that he was driving down, and I was like "Well what's the point of this?" I just skipped forward all of those paragraphs and missed nothing. Same with all the sex scenes - I don't mind one or two to establish the character and the place that sex has in this character's life, but I'm not trying to read a whole porno here, y'know? I don't need fifty scenes that sound essentially exactly the same to me.
Although I liked the establishment of these characters as using sex, drugs, and partying to numb themselves, it did get tiring after a while. Most of the characters ended up pretty much having one personality trait like they were filling the roles in a teen high school movie. They were always high and having sex. To the author's credit, I did feel very disconnected as I read, which is what I imagine he wanted to get across that the character's felt, so that translated very well. But the issue with feeling disconnected is that you don't get <i>invested</i>. The only reason I kept reading was because I wanted to know more about the murder stuff - which was ultimately disappointing. I felt like it really sort of withered away after everything and that really did annoy me.
Speaking of annoyances, the main character is SUCH AN ASSHOLE. He thinks that he's just solving this great mystery and he's the smartest, but really, he's an asshole and it's obvious. Ugh I wish <i>he</i> had died at the end of the novel because he 100% deserved it. He can go fuck himself. c:
Basically, this boils down to feeling like the author wanted to write an updated version of <i>The Secret History</i>, but with way less interesting characters, plot, and a meandering storyline that no one wanted to follow all the way through.
Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Animal death, and Blood
carnbostrikesagain's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
amberinbookland's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Infidelity
lizsurber'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
4.0
Graphic: Car accident, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Biphobia, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Dysphoria, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Mental illness, Confinement, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Outing, Gore, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship