avaa_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Stalking, Torture, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping
ains28's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty and Physical abuse
brookeashet's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Animal cruelty
norwegianforestreader'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
5.0
Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mental illness, Rape, Suicide, Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Alcohol, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Murder, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Pregnancy
ashleysager's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Pregnancy, Suicide, Child abuse, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault
Minor: Terminal illness
katerinamckenna's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Child death, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, and Confinement
Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Medical trauma
kimveach's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
courtneypaigea's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Stalking and Kidnapping
Moderate: Suicide, Animal death, and Murder
Minor: Animal cruelty
aas's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
sarahbryant717's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Ellie Mack seemed to have the perfect life. She was the apple of her mom Laurie’s eye. Smart and beautiful, Ellie had the entire world ahead of her. Then one day, shortly before her school exams, she disappeared. The police chalked Ellie’s disappearance up as a runaway teenager, but Laurie knew her daughter and she knew that Ellie wouldn’t have just ran away without a word to anyone.
Years later, a chance encounter at a coffee shop causes Laurie to meet Floyd, a single father of two daughters. After years of heartache, Laurie is finally open to the idea of love and embraces the idea of being a mother figure to Floyd’s younger daughter, Poppy, a precocious preteen girl whose own mother abandoned her years before. Laurie’s vision of a perfect blended family is shattered when she meets Poppy, who looks just like Ellie. This meeting causes Laurie to wonder if meeting Floyd and Poppy was a coincidence or is there a sinister connection to Ellie’s disappearance
Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Kidnapping, and Death
Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty
Minor: Murder, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Suicide