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staceyinthesticks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, and War
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Abandonment
kbio's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Dementia, Alcohol, and Classism
kimberlyswalters's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
felofhe'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Dementia, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
loop_laurens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The main character was a highlight of the book; it was refreshing to read from the persepctive of the type of person who doesn't often get to be the main character - older, poor, dyslexic - and he truely felt like a real person. The current plot and past memories were well balanced, and the transcript format of the mystery made for a fun and different read.
I haven't decided if I liked the plot twist at the end, but it was incredibly clever and definitely unexpected, and does want to make me want to reread the book to see how knowing the twist changes the reading experience.
Overall, would highly recommend.
Graphic: Death and Murder
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
linguaphile412's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Gun violence, and Violence
_inge's review against another edition
3.0
What also doesn’t help is that the middle part seems to drag a bit. The segments relating back to the past I especially couldn’t quite care about. I wanted to know what happened in the present, since that was tense and I was curious to see how the story would progress, so at the time it seemed the past was irrelevant to that.
Towards the end there’s suddenly a lot of twists, and the story slowly starts to make more sense. This is when I learned that a lot of the things which bothered me were all there for a reason, and I wished I’d paid closer attention to some of the details.
Hallett has again written a really clever book with a unique way of storytelling. This might mean it’s not always the most easy or enjoyable book to read, but it is very cleverly done and I’m keen to figure out what happened exactly (because I’m still not too sure!).
Graphic: Death
Moderate: War
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Alcohol