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lee_s's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting
Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Sexism, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
bringmybooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
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As always, super hard to review thriller books without giving way too much away, but this one was wild! Super atmospheric, super twisty & dark & gritty, and in a very weird way super fun? Fun is really not the right word here. Trainwreck you can't look away from? Maybe that's it.
There were a couple of twists that I didn't see coming - one of which felt a *little* too neat - and I think it wrapped itself up in a really neat bow, although it's kind of hard to say that it was a "good" ending, because pretty much everyone's life had been completely upturned. But hey, them's the breaks? I guess?
This is my 2nd Lucy Foley and I can definitively say that I preferred this one over The Paris Apartment - also, it kind of gave me Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney vibes? I don't necessarily mean that if you liked DD you'd love this one, or if you hated DD you'd hate this one. Just that I got vibes. That's all I got.
Graphic: Bullying, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism