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willow_witch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Child abuse and Murder
Minor: Alcoholism
ehamlett's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, and Gaslighting
Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, and Murder
canascorner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Mental illness
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Murder
infjkiki's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child abuse
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Death of parent
aliteracja's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Moderate: Mental illness
Minor: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Violence
typedtruths's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
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Graphic: Domestic abuse and Mental illness
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail
➸ Trigger warnings for child abuse recounted, domestic violence, alcohol consumption, Dissociative Identity Disorder, parent with alcoholism, blood and injury depiction, death of a sister by from filicide, death of a mother mentioned, manslaughter, physical assault recounted, disappearance of a girlfriend and sister (theme), and blackmail.jcatnd's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
natreadthat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
All is well until Russian dolls, mysterious emails, and sightings of Layla start appearing. Is Layla still out there or is someone messing with them?
The book started out strong. It was suspenseful, it had me guessing, but then part two came along. The twist was a bit too obvious, too implausible. I was able to guess the ending, which is normally fun! But this one had me asking, “really?”
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Grief
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Physical abuse
michelles_book_nook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book follows Finn and Layla who are wildly young and in love and are planning their happily ever after together until one night when they are driving back from a holiday in France everything changes when Layla vanishes from a service station never to be seen again. Or at least that's the story told to police. And fast forward 12 years when Finn has moved on with Ellen, Layla's sister, small things start to happen to make everyone wonder what really happened in France and did Layla ever disappear. This book is filled with suspense as well as being incredibly clever and addictive to read and omg I did not see the twist coming at the end! 😱 B.A.Paris is one of my favourite domestic thriller authors and she knows how to use the art of the perfect slow burn to really keep your attention throughout while making you think of a thousand different potential endings before proving you wrong with one hell of a twist. The only reasons I've marked this one down is because I'm not sure how I felt about the use of mental illness being this villianised thing in this book and I felt the ending was a bit rushed. Overall, it was a really good read and I'd definitely read it again and recommend it.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Death of parent
ashley_books_cats_judo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Physical abuse