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thepaperbackqueen's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The past timeline still remains my favorite because it was more mysterious to me and watching snippets of the past play out left me with more questions than answers honestly but that's one of the things that made it a blast to read.
The middle component of the book was nice but not as fascinating or as mysterious as the beginning and the ending.
I also wish there was more detective work from Stevies side on trying to find out what happened to Hayes since I don't think it was an accident. And that's one of the reasons why the middle part of the book didn't really feel like a mystery to me.
(Sexual content: No sex detailed or described but there are some heavy make out sessions that are steamy
Profanity: Increased a bit in this book but it's sparse and sporadic)
Moderate: Sexual content
Minor: Cursing and Blood
headinthepages's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
rissaandherbooks's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gore, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug use, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, and Alcohol
emily_mh'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? No
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, and Death
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Illness, bombs, discussion of global warming, HP reference, divorcemayas's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Book CWs: murder, kidnapping, blood, animal dissection, anxiety disorder, alcoholism.
This was difficult for me to rate because the first half was slow-paced and I was bored but the second half was so good. I was a bit disappointed by some of the reveals (and also the last page) but I enjoyed the suspense and mystery.
This instalment introduced a few more characters, who were all (to my understanding) white, and the poc were barely relevant to this book. I hope the non-white characters are more present and relevant in the third novel!
Overall, I really enjoyed this (the second half) and I like how Johnson writes her characters; there's a lot of compassion. The friendships are also really lovely.
:)
Moderate: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma
Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity
(Further) Content Warnings: murder; animal dissection; alcoholism