claire_leibovitz'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: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Addiction, Murder, Cancer, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, and Death
Moderate: Suicide, Self harm, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, and Terminal illness
grace_reads13'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? N/A
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Hate crime, Murder, Child death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit
lemonyanemone's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Spoiler
they killed Barney offThis was the closest I've ever got to that feeling of playing Nancy Drew games as a kid.
Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Animal death
Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence
beyourbestshelf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Rape, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Child death, Toxic relationship, and Animal death
allydavis's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Bullying, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
unicorngirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Rape, Grief, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Emotional abuse
bookshelf_al's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Moderate: Murder and Toxic friendship
Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Adult/minor relationship
jackietanori'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
4.75
The main characters were the perfect mix of serious and unserious in all the best ways, and even the secondary characters that make up the friends and family of Pippa were perfect. Ravi and Pippa are a perfect pairing, and I can't wait to see what mystery they'll solve next.
The story itself was a great crime/thriller while still holding onto that YA feeling. I spent the whole time trying to distinguish who to trust and who could have possibly done the crime we didn't even know was actually committed. I'm happy with the ending and found it to be realistic and not super outlandish and convoluted like a lot of murder/crime-centric media usually is.
And in the midst of reading, I found out it's getting made into a series, so I'll be on the lookout for that. Off to the next Pippa and Ravi adventure.
Crying score: ugh yes
Spoiler
a dog diesP.S. read the TWs there are a lot, so it is important to be informed.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Drug use, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit
aely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Grief, Death, Animal death, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Infidelity, Violence, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Dementia, and Child death
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Body shaming, Sexism, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, Racism, Misogyny, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug abuse
butle2em's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, Murder, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Physical abuse