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ameliasgigi68's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, and Medical trauma
stabby1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Toxic friendship
bella_cavicchi'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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Bullying and Sexism
kaylameaux'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
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Toxic friendship and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism
cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship
princessxnicole'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, and Grief
Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol
thespinystacks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Blood, and Vomit
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Grief, and Medical trauma
thatswhatshanread'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
4.75
WOW!!! An incredibly fascinating second novel from Ashley Audrain. I was immediately invested in the deep tangle of suburban domesticity between the three families at the helm of this story, and even the fourth family’s insights sprinkled throughout. Audrain commands your attention with every page, every insane detail that feels hot in your hands, like juicy but disturbing neighborhood gossip you’re only so lucky to be privy too. Like you are one of the periphery moms, whispering about only the surface of the twisted, mangled iceberg.
This is as much a novel about marriages and parent-child relationships under pressure as it is a novel of suspense. Which is to say, this isn’t exactly a thriller, but very much so an intense domestic drama that leaves you clutching at your pearls, as they say, as the characters’ lives unravel. A child in a coma, due to mysterious circumstances. His parents, his neighbors, none of them quite who they seem. Rumors everywhere. Lies as abundant as a cup full of sugar.
I throughly enjoyed this one. I loved the intensity, the explicitness, the shock, every character interwoven into another in the most unexpected ways. This is a deliciously spiraling novel that makes you think a whole lot about the lives of those acquaintances around you that may be entirely different from what you only see from the end of the driveway. Or overheard from an open window…
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol
znvisser'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
2.5
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, and Miscarriage
Moderate: Ableism, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Classism
jennneely82'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
3.0
Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts