My biggest issue is the sexualizing of rape, the author does it multiple times (at least 3 separate instances that I can remember) and it was very uncomfortable for me each time. What I mean by this is describing someone being gang raped (her tragic backstory, not something that happened on the page) as “filling every hole she had” or something along those lines, and multiple instances of rape right at the very end are very detailed and I feel like the author got off on describing the act by how it was written.

Edit to add: The content warnings at the beginning DO NOT go into enough depth considering the actual fkn content of the book. Word for word here they are:
“Content Warning:
Domestic Abuse
Rape (not by the MMC and its at the end of the book)
Kidnapping
Murder
Strong language
Self-image issues”

Please refer to the first paragraph to maybe POSSIBLY understand why it wasn’t enough description after “Rape”

The depth and internal struggles of the characters really fell flat for me. The writing wasn’t convincing and - to put this lightly - I knew from the first page that I wasn’t going to like this book at all.

The characters speaking to each other is very oddly written and any trauma that occurred only coincidentally impacts them.

I’m trying not to be harsh when I say this, but in order to give an accurate review I don’t know how else to phrase it, the book reads as if a mature 5th grader wrote it. If you’re fine with that and don’t mind these characters having the same maturity level as such, then this book would be great for you. The pace is quick, it’s easy to keep turning the page (not positively in my case), there’s a strong curvy FMC - by all accounts every ingredient that put this book together makes sense and helps the plot flow.

If you can get past all that, 100% go ahead.