Nicole Young

Book/Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Book Cover: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

TRIGGER WARNING(S): DEATH OF LOVED ONES, PHYSICAL ABUSE, DUBCON BOARDING DANGEROUSLY ON NONCON

Trope(s): Age-gap (200+ years LOL) Marriage of convenience Forced proximityVirgin FMCBeauty and the Beast retellingSpice:

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This book is good and worth reading. I enjoyed it but it felt a little lacking. I may recommend it to a certain audience. It gave me mixed feelings, possibly with potential it didn't quite live up to. It's a good experience, not amazing, but not bad.

3.5 Stars

I read this because my husband LOVES Stephen King and highly recommended this book. It's one of his favorites. I don't hold that against him. Different strokes for different folks. I'm glad he and others were able to enjoy the story. I have enjoyed other Stephen King books that I have read and do think he is an amazing author. This particular book was just not it for me. No pun intended.

First off, I want to make it clear that I went into this book thinking that it was more of a horror story and less a coming of age one. If you go into realizing that it is a coming of age story with some horror sprinkled in you might enjoy it more than I did.

King did an amazing job with character development. King fleshed out each individual character beautifully (as he always does). That being said I feel like this book was just way too long. In my opinion the story could have been told in a third of time. Some parts had me wondering what Stephen King was even thinking when he wrote them and just seemed unnecessary. Like what the children did to find their way out of the tunnels when they got lost. WHAT WAS THAT!?

There are parts of the story that included fairly detailed violence towards animals, specifically dogs, and animal cruelty as well as detailed domestic violence. If those are sensitive subject matters for you. You might want to either skim over those parts of the story or skip the book all together.

The bottom line is I didn't love or hate this book. I just felt meh about it.

Book/Story: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Book Cover: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trope: Frenemies to loversForbidden romancePOV: Singular, Third PersonSpice

⭐️⭐️.5
2.5 Stars= It was an okay read

TRIGGER WARNING: VIOLENCE & MURDER

POV: Singular, first-personSeries/Standalone: StandalonePart of an interconnected series: NoSafe or Dark: Dark (see trigger warning above)

First and foremost, the main female character, Brooke Sullivan, gave me a migraine. She was almost too stupid to live. It was painful. For a nurse practitioner, she seriously lacked intelligence.


I wanted to love this book so bad. So many people raved about how it was an amazing read. I wanted it to live up to the hype so badly. Sadly, it just didn't. It starts out strong. It had so much potential, and I was so excited to see where things went. But as the story went on, the plot got stupider and stupider. I just wanted the pain to stop.

Please allow me to list the issues I had with this story:


1) How Brooke was able to get into the prison system to begin with. She was intimately related to Shane Nelson. He had tried to murder her ten years before she got the job as a nurse practitioner at the prison he was incarcerated in. Her testimony helped land him a life sentence there. The judicial system would have had all the information to link the two. Any average person could have searched for the names Brooke Sullivan and Shane Nelson on the internet and would have seen the entire story. That would have been a huge red flag right away. There is absolutely no way a prison would allow someone who has a link to a prisoner to land a job at that institution, no matter how desperate they are.

2) The way Brooke second-guessed herself more than I did when taking a high school algebra test, and we had to hear her unbearable wishy-washy thoughts. Seriously, every two seconds, she was trying to decide if it was her ex-boyfriend Shane who tried to kill her that fateful night many years ago or her estranged best friend Tim Reese. I get it. There were factors that played a part in her mind, possibly playing tricks on her. BUT COME ON! One second, it might have been Shane, and the next, it might have been Tim.

3) The way Brooke practically swooned over Shane the moment she saw him for the first time since the night of her attempted murder. She has supposedly had nightmares about that night for the past ten years. Yet she isn't repulsed by the sight of Shane as soon as he steps into her exam room. Instead, she remarks on how he is still rather attractive (I believe she used the word hot to describe him). Maybe even more so than he was at eighteen. She also starts to divulge personal information to him. It comes out like a barf. She even worries about what happened to him and his wellbeing, and not just as a healthcare provider to the inmates. It made no sense.

4) The whole “I lope you” nonsense. That is all. What the hell was that? It was such an ick.


5) Brooke's son, Josh, got bullied at his old school because his dad wasn't in his life and was essentially a “bastard.” What year is this? 1955?


6) The whole babysitter thing. I don't want to give too much away, so, that's all I'm going to say.

7)Josh was such a young ten-year-old. Brooke sheltered and coddled him. So, what he ended up doing in the epilogue was just not believable. There is no way he would be capable of doing that. He just didn't seem mature enough. It just wasn't believable. At all.

The author did a nice job of making us, as the readers, second guess ourselves when it came to the who-done-it (not nearly as much as Brooke, though). Once, I thought I had it all figured out, but I was wrong. The story flowed nicely between the past and the present. The two timelines were pieced together nicely. She also made it very clear that Shane was a walking red flag from the jump, while Tim was a green (although at times yellow) one.

This was the first book I have read by Freida McFadden, and even though it wasn't a great first impression, I will check out her other books in the future.

Book/Story: ⭐⭐⭐.5 (rounded up)
Book Cover: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

TRIGGER(S): Prostitution, sex trafficking (briefly mentioned), domestic abuse (briefly mentioned), miscarriages/still births (briefly mentioned)

POV: Third Person Series/Standalone: Standalone Part of a series: No Safe or Dark: Safeish (see trigger warnings above)

DISCLAIMER: I switched between the physical and audiobook while reading this.

“Jack the Ripper killed prostitutes, or so it has always been believed, but there is no hard evidence to suggest that three of his five victims were prostitutes at all. As soon as each body was discovered, in a dark yard or street, the police assumed that the woman was a prostitute killed by a maniac who had lured her to the location for sex. There is, and never was, any proof of this either.”

Mary Ann “Polly” Nichols

“This was indeed Polly, as he used to call her—the woman he had once dearly loved, and married. It was Polly, who had borne six of his children, who had comforted and coddled them, who had nursed him in times of illness, the woman with whom he had shared laughter and at least a handful of joys for sixteen years. It was Polly, who at eighteen had been his girlish bride, holding her father's arm as she walked down the aisle at St. Bride's. They had been happy, even if only for a short while.”

Eliza Ann “Annie” Chapman

“Emily, Georgina, and Miriam could not bear to tell their elderly mother that the child she had lost to alcohol had been killed in such a gruesome and dehumanizing way. They smothered their grief as they held the hands of Annie's two children, who would never know the fate that befell their mother.”

Elizabeth Stride

“Over the course of her life, Elisabeth had been a variety of things to many people; she had been both dark and light, a menace and a comfort. She had been a daughter, a wife, a sister, a mistress, a fraudster, a cleaner, a coffeehouse owner, a servant, a foreigner, and a woman who had at various times sold sex.”

Catherine “Kate” Eddowes

“Over the course of her life, Elisabeth had been a variety of things to many people; she had been both dark and light, a menace and a comfort. She had been a daughter, a wife, a sister, a mistress, a fraudster, a cleaner, a coffeehouse owner, a servant, a foreigner, and a woman who had at various times sold sex.”

Mary Jane Kelly

“Mary Jane was whatever she wished to be, and in the wake of her death, she became whatever Joseph Barnett wished to commemorate. It was he who insisted that the name on her brass coffin plate read “Marie Jeanette Kelly,” a moniker brimming with all the flounce and flamboyance of a Saturday night in the West End.”

The infamous canonical five

“The cards were stacked against Polly, Annie, Elisabeth, Kate, and Mary Jane from birth. They began their lives in deficit. Not only were most of them born into working-class families; they were also born female.”

TLDR: IF YOU ARE A SELF-PROCLAIMED RIPPEROLOGIST OR ARE JUST TIRED OF THE SAME OLD WORN-OUT JACK THE RIPPER NARATIVE, READ THIS BOOK!

Book/Story: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Book Cover: ⭐⭐

POV: Third Person Tropes: Enemies to lovers Spice: None Series/Standalone: Standalone Part of a series: No Safe or Dark: Safe

PSA: JANE AUSTEN IS THE QUEEN OF TROPES!

I first read this book back in high school, when I was around sixteen or seventeen. This was not a required reading for class; I read it for fun. I remember enjoying it, but I couldn't remember why. I also didn't remember much of the story since it's been many years since I've been a teenager. To put it in perspective, I graduated high school in 2007. 



 I must have liked this book a lot since I decided to re-read it. However, I may have done so anyway since Jane Austen is a favorite of mine and holds a special place in my heart.  

This book is broken up into three parts and while I overall loved the novel in its entirety I had different feelings about each part. 

Part I: Set up the story beautifully. It was fun and engaging. You get to see the start of relationships and it's exciting. 

Part II: Still fun but less engaging. We hit a lull here. We are caught in the middle of the excitement of new relationships and as they develop things slow down a bit. 

Part III: Back to being engaging as we start to see relationships pick up. We start to see the end game for most of the couples. It is thought provoking and sweet. You really discover the true personalities of each character and how they feel about one another. A great wrap up. 

As a teenager I was definitely team Darcy and that still stands. Fitzwilliam Darcy is just the dreamiest. And I can confidently say that if any man said half the things Darcy said to Elizabeth Bennett, I would fold like a piece of notebook paper.

“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

“It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.”

Fitzwilliam Darcy – LOVED:

Elizabeth Bennett – LOVED:

“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

Mr. Bennett – LOVED:

Mrs. Bennett – DISLIKED:

“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of”

Jane Bennett – LOVED:

Mary Bennett – INDIFFERENT:

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

Catherine “Kitty” Bennett – LIKED:

Lydia Bennett- DISLIKED:

“Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.”

Charles Bingley – LIKED:

Caroline Bingley – HATED:

“Angry people are not always wise.”

George Wickham – DISLIKED:

William Collins – DISLIKED:

“What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.”

Lady Catherine de Bourgh – HATED:

Georgiana Darcy – INDIFFERNT:

“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.”

Charlotte Lucas – INDIFFERENT:

Colonel Fitzwilliam- LIKED:

“We do not suffer by accident.”

“You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.”

TLDR: READ THIS CLASSIC! YOU WON'T BE SORRY!

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This book is good and worth reading. I enjoyed it but it felt a little lacking. I may recommend it to a certain audience. It gave me mixed feelings, possibly with potential it didn't quite live up to. It's a good experience, not amazing, but not bad.

I had mixed feelings about this book. It was entertaining enough that it kept me reading but a few times I contemplated not finishing it. It lacked the “shock value” and “creepiness” it advertised.

At the start of the book and up until the middle I felt sorry for the mom but by the end I didn't care for her at all, and the clueless dad drove me nuts.

But I suppose books are supposed to bring out emotions in you.

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5 Stars= It was an excellent and near perfect read. I would read it again.

TRIGGER WARNING: LOBOTOMIES, MENTAL ILLNESS, SUICIDE (off page), MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUATIONS IN THE 1930s,1940s, and 1950s

POV: Multiple, Third PersonSeries/Standalone: StandalonePart of an series: NoSafe or Dark: Overall safe but with sensitive subject matter

3.5 Stars
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3 Stars= It was an enjoyable read

TRIGGER WARNING: ALCOHOLISM, GAMBLING ADDICTION, INFADELITY, DOMESTIC ABUSE (very slight)!  

When my grandma would give us books to read after she had already read them, she would write a few words on the inside to let us know how the book was.

My grandma described this book as “good but different.” and I really think she hit the nail on the head when describing this read.


Although the book is listed as a mystery or thriller, I feel it didn't focus enough on the serial killer. Instead, I felt that it focused more on the personal lives of the detectives involved in trying to solve the murders. It talked more about their day-to-day lives, dating, family, and marriages, which isn't a bad thing. I mean, the one cop in this book was just banana freakin' sandwich.

I went into this book looking for much more detail about the actual murders themselves. But that almost seemed like a subplot in the story. You get it tossed in here and there while hearing about the detective on the case, both crooked and straight. Again, not necessarily a bad thing. Just not at all how the plot was described in the blurb on the back of the book.

I will admit that the ending did catch me somewhat off guard and was enjoyable for the most part. It did seem like things just sort of wrapped up, and we weren't given a bigger picture of the situation after the “big reveal”. 

All in all, I think this book is worth checking out. However, you won't be devastated or find yourself having any regrets if you ultimately pass it up.

Just a heads up, you do find out who the killer is up front. I just wanted to let people know in case that isn't their thing.

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3 Stars= It was an enjoyable read

TRIGGER WARNING(S): VIOLENCE, MURDER, GROOMING, SERIAL KILLING

Everything about this book seemed so promising: the cover, the synopsis, and the idea. There were so many things in this book that should have made it a five-star read for me:

Final Girls ✅
Slasher Movie References ✅
Reference to My Favorite Slasher Movie Scream ✅✅
Bloody Vibes ✅
Serial Killers ✅

But even with all of those pieces in the story, it still fell flat. I know a lot of people felt like the final girls background stories being based off of popular 80s and 90s slasher films seemed lazy and uncreative on Hendrix's part, but I actually enjoyed that and thought it was pretty fun and clever. That still wasn't enough to save this story for me.

For the title of the book literally being The Final Girl Support Group. We got an extremely little look into the actual support group.

I often got confused about whether I should be laughing or serious during the “humorous” parts of the book. The jokes and twisted humor just weren't it. It was like Hendrix was trying to be quirky, but the vibe was all off and confusing. Was this supposed to be a satire, parody, serious novel, or all three? The whole thing just gave off “trying too hard” feels.

The main character, Lynnette, was very unlikable and bordered on being unbearable. Unfortunately, the whole story is told from her point of view. I can understand how going through something as extreme as watching your whole family get killed will mess you up mentally and no doubt leave you with post-traumatic stress disorder, but Lynne was over the top with it. And I have generalized anxiety disorder, so for me to say someone is too paranoid might be saying a lot. I mean, she literally had a cage in her apartment separating her front door from her living room.

I could have lived without going through her constant thought process about why she did the things that she did. Her bus routine for getting around town and things like that She constantly threw herself a pity party and tried to make all the other Final Girls seem more mentally unstable than herself. I mean, what was up with her plant “Fine” and that weird friendship? For somebody who tried to live so cautiously, Lynnette made a lot of flat-out stupid decisions. I also didn't like how she always tried to blame the things that happened to her on others. Nothing was ever her fault. A prime example is when the other final girls and Dr. Elliott found out about the book Lynne wrote, were pissed off (rightfully so), and confronted her about it. She always said, "Nobody was supposed to read that" or "I wasn't actually going to publish it." But she still wrote the book and that was still how she felt about her peers. Just because it was never supposed to be published doesn't make it okay.

I would have enjoyed learning more about the other characters' back stories instead of getting tidbits about them sprinkled in here and there, and I would have loved to have this story told from multiple points of view.

Three things were so unbelievable I almost had to laugh:
Marilyn, Heather, and Lynnette breaking Michelle out of hospice. That would NEVER be allowed. They weren't related to her in any way, and the staff didn't even know who the three women were. There is no way in hell it would be that easy for them to leave the hospice facility with her and just drive off.Lynnette gaining access to Stephanie's house by using an EXPIRED fake driver's license on her father. I would think he would be so relaxed about people entering his home after his daughter just escaped the clutches of a serial killer and the whole kidnapping scenario. That was just wild and so far-fetched, it was idiotic.Lynnette magically being cured of her panic attacks after getting attacked by Stephanie and Skye. Especially after she lived in fear of her own shadow and the whole human population since she was sixteen years old. I wish it were that easy. If it were that simple to get rid of them, I wouldn't be taking the medications I do.

I wish this book lived up to its hype, but it just didn't. At one point, I was hoping the killer would stake Lynnette out so she wouldn't even be in the equation as a final girl anymore.

I know a lot of people who enjoyed this book, including my husband, whom I love dearly, and I love that for them. If you enjoyed it, I am truly glad you did. I just wish I could too.

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This book was absolutely breathtaking. I LOVED it. The characters were memorable and had distinct voices. The plot line of this book held my attention and was unique, and the pacing was fantastic. These books often stay with me for a long time. After finishing, I can't stop thinking about it. An absolute must read, and now a favorite of mine. Highly Recommended!

This was literary perfection. The characters, the plot, the drama, the intensity. All of it was beautifully written.

This was the first fantasy book I've read and I was not disappointed. I can't wait to continue the series.

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A book that I loved, an absolute must read, and now a favorite of mine. It's a book that will live on my shelves forever and I would re-read in the future. I would pick up anything else by this author without question. This book is now one of my all-time favorites.

This was hands down one of the best books I've ever read. It was so beautifully written. The “shocker” slid right into the story. There was no need to have to go out the way and build up to it. The story did that naturally.

Normally I don't like books where characters don't have a name but for some reason that didn't bother me too much with this book.

I know Maxim said Mrs. de Winter had a beautiful and unusual name. I just ended up calling her Delphine. Delphine de Winter.

We also never learn her age but it is mentioned more than once that Mrs. de Winter is much younger than Maxim. He was forty-two so I guessed that she was in her early to mid twenties.

My only regret when it comes to reading this book is that I didn't do it sooner.

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This book is good and worth reading. I enjoyed it but it felt a little lacking. I may recommend it to a certain audience. It gave me mixed feelings, possibly with potential it didn't quite live up to. It's a good experience, not amazing, but not bad.


The serial killer was very clever but the story itself was just alright. It was good enough to keep me entertained but not enough to keep giving me the urge to keep reading even night after night. I had to make a conscious effort to pick this one up.

0 Stars= I did not finish

DNF @ 38%

TRIGGER WARNING: DEATH, PARENTAL NEGLECT, TORTURE, VIOLENCE, LOSS OF LOVED ONES

POV: Dual, first personSeries/Standalone: StandalonePart of an interconnected series: YesSafe or Dark: Dark (see trigger warning above)Tropes:Age-Gap (12 years) Forced Proximity Cosa Nostra Family Virginal Heroine Beauty & The Beast RetellingGrumpy/Sunshine

I tried to like this book. I really did, and I feel like I gave it a pretty fair shot since I got to page 143. I hate DNF, so sometimes I make myself suffer through a story longer than I should. The premise of a Beauty & The Beast retelling in the form of a mafia love story seemed like a promising premise, but the execution was so off.


The pacing of the story was all over the place; it would get slow, speed up, get slow again, and speed up to the point where everything happened all at once.

I couldn't get invested in any of the characters, no matter how hard I tried. They all had some likeable qualities, but not enough to really get me to want to know their stories further. There was hardly any character development. Unless you count Luca being pulled out of his reclusive lifestyle as a form of character development. 

It was a sweet thought and something that I do believe could be done very well given the right characters and storyline. This one just unfortunately fell flat for me all around.

DID NOT FINISH — I will not rate a book that I shelf as “did not finish.” I don't believe it's fair to put a rating on books I didn't read from beginning to end.

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4 Stars= It was a very good read. Might read it again

TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL AND PHSYICAL ABUSE, HOMOPHOBIA, POLYGAMY, MURDER, RELIGION!

POV: Single, First Person (Present storyline), Multiple, First Person (Historical storyline)Series/Standalone: StandalonePart of an interconnected series: NoSafe or Dark: Darkish (See trigger warning above)

First and foremost, I want to say that I respect all religions. People are free to believe and have faith in whatever they want, as long as it isn't hurting themselves or someone else. Polygamy included. With that being said, I do believe the FLDS (NOT THE LDS) are a harmful organization and view them as a cult. While this does not affect my review of the book, I just felt the need to make that clear.

I picked up this book because I have been interested in learning about the earlier days of different religions and enjoy learning about religions and even cults. My husband's surname is Young, he is a descendent of Nicholas Ephraim Young (the first commissioner of baseball), and for some insane reason I am wholeheartedly convinced that he is also in some way related to Brigham Young. Therefore, I have been doing a bunch of research to try and find an answer to that. It is my new life goal.


While I enjoyed the story overall, I found myself more interested in the historical parts of the book (Ann Eliza Young's story, Chauncey Webb's diary, etc.) than the “mystery” aspect of the story set in the present. (Although, I could have done without the parts of Kelly Dee's master's thesis. Those essays of hers sure did drag on. I could have done without some of the family member's letters as well.) Even though we do not know how historically accurate any of the information given in the story was, what was true and what was fabricated by David Ebershoff? It was entertaining regardless.

The transition between past and present flowed nicely together. It didn't feel like the timeline was jumping around too much or too choppy. However, the current story that Ebershoff spun about Jordan Scott, his mom, and the FLDS just didn't have enough excitement for something that was supposed to be a murder mystery, but in the end we get all the answers we were looking for, so I suppose that is something.

The book did get me thinking about Ann Eliza Young and her standing in history. It has made me want to read her book, Wife No. 19. Which I am sure will also leave me and other people wondering what parts of her story are true and which are pure fabrication. We weren't there, so we will never know. Was she truly a pioneer for women's rights and the abolishment of polygamy? Was she truly treated this way by Brigham Young and his harem of wives, or was she a woman who felt wronged by her husband(s) and religion, spewing out lies? But I digress.

I enjoyed this book, and I think it is worth a read.

⭐️⭐️.5
3.5 Stars= It was an enjoyable and fun read

TRIGGER WARNING: KIDNAPPING (ADULT/CHILD, TORTURE (ADULT/CHILD), CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (HINTED AT), PAST TRAUMA, MURDER

POV: Multiple, Third Person Series/Standalone: StandalonePart of an interconnected series: YesFirst in interconnected series: YesSafe or Dark: Dark (See trigger warning above)

This was a gem I picked up for free on Amazon. While I wasn't blown away by this book, I am still glad I found it.

This book is a fast-paced, quick read that kicks off the interconnected series of Detective Alyssa Wyatt, her (working) partner Cord Roberts, and her family. This story starts off strong and continues to maintain a fairly strong pace up until the very end. Things were just wrapped up too easily for me. Especially after it took so long for the detectives to solve the mystery of Callie's murder. While this is a storyline that has been done before, the plot twist was a good one. I wouldn't have seen that coming from a mile away. Who would have thought that Alyssa's "dead" brother Timmy was the serial killer living under a new identity!?


This book mentions Alyssa's childhood and past trauma that she had experienced fairly often, and I would have liked a more solid introduction to all of that. It just sort of picks up in the middle of the story all of a sudden. But it did not make it confusing to follow and was fairly easy to piece together. I enjoyed learning about her children and husband. It was nice to see such a supportive spouse in this type of book. I feel like in most stories, the detectives and such end up being single or divorced because their careers take a toll on their relationships. This was not the case with Alyssa and her husband, Brock. That being said, it was referred to so often that it got old pretty fast. As an adult, she was still beating herself up over something that happened when she was 9 years old. Come on, Alyssa, you were a child! I highly doubt that anything that happened to your sibling was your fault.

The other thing that was referred to far too often was Alyssa's coffee addiction. We got it after the 100th time it was mentioned. Alyssa loves coffee. It has been noted. The author tried to make it seem like this was some sort of quirky habit when, at the end of the day, it just isn't. For real, honey, at least 80% of the population has a coffee/caffeine addiction, myself included.


The other thing that became redundant was Alyssa snapping her stupid hair tie on her wrist. She would put her hair up, take it down, put it up, take it down, put the hair tie on her wrist, and snap it. Again, not a super quirky thing to do. My husband can't stop fidgeting with things when he sits down. I just did not need to hear about this 10,000 times.

But those are probably just silly things that irritated me. They didn't necessarily make the story less enjoyable.

Another thing I should point out is that the torture and murder scenes can be descriptive and gory. That doesn't bother me, so I didn't mind, but if that isn't your cup of tea, I would pass on this book.

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I really like this book . It's a very enjoyable story, but just short of epic. Certain areas may not be as fulfilling as they could have been. I'm not quite as captivated or blown away, but still had a great experience. I'd recommend this book to others and continue reading from this author. I would probably re-read it.

4.5 Stars

This book had me sucked in from the very beginning. It jumped right into things on page one. The fast past storyline, twist, and turns are what kept me hooked.

I could not put this book down. The only time I wasn't reading it was when I had to be at work.

I loved how the story was told from a couple different point of views without ever getting confusing.

I highly recommend picking up this book if you like psychological thrillers/suspense

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I just didn't like this book, at all. Most likely I DNF'd it (did not finish). I would not recommend it to anyone and it is poorly written and definitely not for me. This book was just awful.

This book was so boring that if I wasn't forced to read it for school I never would have finished it in a million years. Slow moving story that I found to be repetitive when it came to numerous situations. Now, I was pretty young when I read it which could be why I didn't enjoy it. But I have no desire to pick it up and give it another try.

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This book is good and worth reading. I enjoyed it but it felt a little lacking. I may recommend it to a certain audience. It gave me mixed feelings, possibly with potential it didn't quite live up to. It's a good experience, not amazing, but not bad.

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I really like this book . It's a very enjoyable story, but just short of epic. Certain areas may not be as fulfilling as they could have been. I'm not quite as captivated or blown away, but still had a great experience. I'd recommend this book to others and continue reading from this author. I would probably re-read it.

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This book is good and worth reading. I enjoyed it but it felt a little lacking. I may recommend it to a certain audience. It gave me mixed feelings, possibly with potential it didn't quite live up to. It's a good experience, not amazing, but not bad.

I loved this book when I had to read it in school as a 16 year old and love it now after reading it again as a 33 year old.

It is one of those books that will be loved throughout the years because your perception and understanding of it changes each time you read it. The story grows as you do.

The characters always made me feel many different emotions towards them including anger, sympathy, pity, understanding, and disgust.

The story touches on real things that happen in life. Death, broken marriage, affairs, greed, lost love, wanting to reinvent yourself, and so much more.

The only thing I don't think I will ever understand is why Jordan, Nick, Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby didn't just drive into the city that fateful night in their own cars. It will never make sense to me.

This book also shows how the acts of one or two people can destroy so many lives.

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I really like this book . It's a very enjoyable story, but just short of epic. Certain areas may not be as fulfilling as they could have been. I'm not quite as captivated or blown away, but still had a great experience. I'd recommend this book to others and continue reading from this author. I would probably re-read it.

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A book that I loved, an absolute must read, and now a favorite of mine. It's a book that will live on my shelves forever and I would re-read in the future. I would pick up anything else by this author without question. This book is now one of my all-time favorites.

As someone who has suffered from anxiety and depression their whole life and has considered admitting myself to a psychiatric ward on more than one occasion; this book hit me hard. It was triggering for me, I just felt it deep in my soul. I cried twice while reading this. It's definitely worth a read but keep in mind that for some people this might be a very touchy subject for some people.