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Sicko by Amo Jones

11 reviews

ashcoxx's review

dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I wanted to love this book. I was really looking forward to reading it but it fell flat. It had so much potential but there were so many plot holes that it just left me confused on how certain things came to be. There was no clear indicator (at least in the audio book) on what was the past and present because it just flashed back and forth without warning within minutes, leaving me consistently saying “huh?!” and rewinding to try to figure out what was happening.

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bbygirl21's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

This book was amazing. I only stopped put it down once since I started it and it was to sleep. I was right back to it once I woke up. I loved the will they, won't they aspect when it came to Royce and Jade. It was definitely slow paced when it came to them actually getting together. But I loved that it was. The tension between them was amazing throughout the entire book. I loved how protective Royce was of Jade (along with all the guys) even when he denied his feeling for her, saying he didn't care about her, you could clearly tell he was lying. And I loved that Jade fought right back and didn't take all that Royce threw at her.

The mystery was great as well. And the plot twist upon plot twist towards the end left me shocked. I did guess who James was early on. It was pretty obvious who he was, at least to me. But the other twists I had no idea about. And I was left shocked and surprised by it all. I was especially shocked by Jade in the end. What she did and was a part of surprised the hell out of me. But it only showed just how strong and powerful she really is.

The only complaint I have about this book is the fact there is just a general authors note about the content in this book. This book could be very damaging to someone if it got into the wrong hands without a more detailed and specific trigger list due to the type of content that is in this book. I really don't like that the author brushes this off saying that this is "her version of dark" and that the content is very dark without actually going into detail about what that dark content is. So I'm very disappointed by this fact.

Despite that, I did rate this book 5 stars, because I was thoroughly entertained and hooked from the beginning. I literally did not want to stop reading at any point. It was an absolutely amazing read.

I'd definitely recommend this, but only if I know the person I'm recommending it to can handle the content. And I'd always provide all the content warnings if I'm recommending it just in case to give them the option to opt out of reading it if they so choose.

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azapolya's review

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challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

4.25

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mabellene's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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ladylaurenexplorer's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I wasn’t expecting all of this. It was like one minute I’m ready a good story and then next chapter. I’m reading some a little bit more skewed, but still good.

It’s just not the same story from the beginning.

I think of it like the episode on teen titans win the Titans go to the parallel universe. Where Robin is sloppy and lazy, raven is happy go lucky, beast boy is very handsome, and cyborg is mostly human. That’s basically what this book gave me once I hit a turning point.

But it was still great, and I would recommend!

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