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escapinginpaper'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
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, and Gaslighting
Minor: Alcohol
schnaucl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
It's not quite clear to me what Evelyn's work actually is. Something with clones, obviously, but it's not clear what the clones are supposed to be for. Something more than organ donation if bone breaks have to be the same and conditioning is a thing.
The ending was inevitable and still chilling.
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Abortion
riereeds's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gore, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse
blackcatkai's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I would not categorise this one as a thriller, but probably more a contemporary scifi suspense novel. I think it'd be a good intro novel if you want to get into either scifi or thrillers/suspense while being more into the other genre. This was my first Gailey novel and I will DEFINITELY be reading more of their work in the future. I had a ton of fun with this one & flew threw it. It's on the shorter end, length-wise, but the pacing was well done & characters engaging. Evelyn is awful & I love her. Martine deserved better & I honestly wouldn't mind a short story taking place a bit in the future after this story ends just to see how everyone turns out.
A great way to ease into the spooky season!
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Ableism, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Abortion
adamjeffson's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, and Murder
Minor: Abortion
ameliapond1434's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
5.0
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, and Murder
Minor: Infidelity and Violence
phantomdoodler's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
nyoom's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.25
Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Infertility, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment
Minor: Sexual content
valent1ne's review
3.25
The thing that bugged me most was the plot tho, or the lack of it. There were Things That Happened, all dutifully caused by one event or another, going on and on in a way that made sense. There were lots of Things That Happened As Results Of Other Things, lots of Small In-Between Goals, but there wasn’t any overarching plot at all. There was no Big Final Goal or Thing To Do before the story ended, they just wandered from one problem to the next until the author decided to end it. (Also, the fact that the main character was a clone, and this was almost never relevant except when the author wanted to point out that This Isn’t Something That’s Possible for a clone - except for this one it is 💕 This was not ever explained.)
Anyway !! This sounds overwhelmingly negative, but I did actually enjoy this book, though it got sad at the end. It was interesting and it held my attention, but it just wasn’t well written.
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Misogyny, Suicide, and Pregnancy
kt2e56's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
The parts where Martine can’t figure out what *she* wants versus what she was created to want were really just so chilling. Reading the acknowledgements at the end and discovering that the author is also a survivor helped process a lot of this for me and my instincts about why certain aspects of this book crawled under my skin.
Definitely give this one a read if you can.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy
Deals a lot with grooming but of an adult who is a