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You Can't Hurt Me by Emma Cook

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sj3starz's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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novelgossip's review against another edition

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3.0

The premise here initially caught my attention, Eva has a condition where she can’t feel pain. When she dies a journalist named Anna is drawn to her story and her husband. As interesting as that all is I wanted more action, nothing exciting ever happened and in the end I was underwhelmed. I do credit the narrator for me even finishing this she was excellent and engaging

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slow-paced

3.5

mariellais's review against another edition

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1.5

This was so painfully boring and repetitive. Characters basically just sit around and have the same conversations over and over again. There were also way too many unnecessary details about landscapes and furniture/home decor. It was weird. This book felt more like a really bad soap opera than a thriller. Too much silly drama caused by stupid people and no thrills.

Things only started to pick up around the 60% mark, but even then things still dragged so much. And by that point I really did not care about the characters or the extremely minimal plot.

This was a complete dud of a thriller.

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mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Many thanks to @htp_hive and @htpbooks for a copy of this audiobook, all opinions are my own.

The premise of this book was so interesting. I loved how much neuroscience was incorporated and found those bits to really separate this book from others. The details on the experiments as well as the extras included (the reflection journal & chapters of the memoir) were a great way to break the story up. The narrator was incredible, she was super engaging and I thought she suited Anna's personality well. While there were many parts that I enjoyed, I found the book to be quite predictable. I had anticipated many of the twists and I wished Anna had been more of an unreliable narrator. There was one bit that genuinely surprised me and I wanted more of that from this book. The set-up was there but the execution fell a bit short. I would definitely read more from this author.

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