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720 reviews
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Minor: Drug use, Sexual content
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
“There were normal brains out there, and I didn’t have one, and how was I supposed to know which kind of fucked up I was? Maybe it was OCD, but maybe it wasn’t, maybe I was just evil and perverse, haunted in ways beyond the obvious.”
Graphic: Mental illness, Stalking
Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, Murder, Abandonment
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent
Minor: Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
3.0
- Mandela effect, doppelgangers, AND the multiverse? Pick a trope, sir!
- This book was so weighed down by Paige and the kids. I get it, the "we used to live here" trope doesn't really work without a family; no one is gonna let some lone guy wander into their house. But besides that, what was the point of those characters?? The focus on them in the first third of the book made the latter two-thirds feel like a whole different book.
- Eve's paranoia was not well thought out or appropriately handled. Again, I get it: it's not really psychological horror without evoking the "is it all in her head?" scenario. But I felt the descriptions of Eve's paranoia truly bordered into a mental illness, which felt even weirder with Charlie's outright dismissal of fears. Also, Eve's paranoia was seemingly dropped halfway through the book. Ok.
- Speaking of Charlie, another character without much development. I never got a sense of her or of her relationship with Eve. Honestly, towards the end, when Eve is looking for Charlie and fighting to get back to her, I was kinda like "....but why?" There wasn't enough backstory for Eve's love for Charlie to feel real. Also I found their relationship super annoying.
Anyways, this was a fun time but not a good time. Do with that what you will!
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.
Did not finish book. Stopped at 27%.
2.5
3.0
Did not finish book. Stopped at 30%.