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traciereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, and Torture
Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Murder, Death, Classism, Blood, Abandonment, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Trafficking
Minor: Alcohol, Terminal illness, Gaslighting, Slavery, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Drug use
rhgrimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Stalking, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
tanvi45's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Violence, Death of parent, and Death
Minor: Suicide and Fire/Fire injury
stefpntny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Trafficking, and Medical content
Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Stalking, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cancer, Death, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Kidnapping, Dementia, and Car accident
growintogardens's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Classism, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Trafficking
Moderate: Confinement, Toxic friendship, Violence, Medical content, Stalking, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Alcohol
bessadams'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? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Trafficking, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, and Body horror
Moderate: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Classism, Grief, Suicide, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic
zarakoconnor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Trafficking, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Blood, Gore, and Grief
hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Medical trauma and Violence
Moderate: Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death of parent, Death, and Confinement
the main character’s sister is a missing person, has nothing to do with the actual plot itself and it is not resolved. It’s just something brought up a lot.chellyfishing'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide, Death, Murder, and Car accident
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Jules is facing rock bottom when she agrees to move into a luxury apartment building as a paid house sitter. But when another sitter goes missing, Jules quickly realizes all is not what it seems…
I want to preface this by saying I’m a huge Riley Sager fan, and count some of his other books among my favorite thrillers. I think he’s super talented and he’ll always be an auto-buy author for me on the strength of some of his other work. Unfortunately, this one absolutely did not land for me.
I was bored for 99% of this book (the 1% was basically the very beginning, when I was waiting for the premise to set up, and my enthusiasm didn’t even return for the ending and final reveals). The FMC made some absolutely ridiculous choices and decisions, and I didn’t really like any of the other characters. I also never felt super invested in the mystery aspect of the plot, and I thought the big reveal was pretty bonkers and didn’t have great foundation laid to suggest it throughout.
I know a lot of people do love this one, so it may well have been a “me” problem…but the bottom line is if you’re reaching for a Riley Sager I personally think there are much better ones to grab.
CW: Death/death of parent/suicide; fire; blood/injury/violence
Graphic: Suicide, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, and Death