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spellbindingtomes'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
2.5
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty
armstmad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Murder and Gaslighting
laurenellisx'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
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder
lizziaha's review against another edition
1.5
The characters were insufferable, and every move being made by the author was very transparent.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
daniscorner'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
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Suicide, and Gaslighting
willow2342'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
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
capriqueen'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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent
Minor: Confinement, Infidelity, and Suicide
whitneyfoster'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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking
Minor: Infidelity and Pregnancy
pernillelsk's review against another edition
1.0
I listened to the audio book of this. The writing itself was fine, and so was the narration, but unfortunately, none of that helped salvage it.
The story was terribly boring and ridiculous. I didn't like any of the characters. All of them were almost nothing but comical caricatures. They were either unbelievably dumb, naïve, and apologetic idiots, or righteous, gaslighting assholes. The only likeable character was the dog. And perhaps sometimes the baby.
No matter how much I sped it up the pace of the audio of this book, I couldn't get properly through the story. About halfway through, I couldn't take it anymore, so I skipped a few chapters forwards every few minutes in the hopes that I would eventually get to something interesting - but the story was so slow and repetitive that I could hardly even tell that I'd skipped anything until I was close to the end. The ending was unnecessarily ridiculous and twisty, but all in all not very surprising or interesting.
Thrillers are usually my jam, and based on the description, I figured that this book would be right up my alley, but no matter what I did, I just could not get through it in the proper way. It was just too boring, too annoying, and too ridiculous. Just skip this one and go find an actually interesting thriller - there are so many out there much better than this.
Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Classism
lizmcb55'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
1.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting