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helenfarch's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Ruby finds herself in an interrogation room under suspicion of four murders. The thing is, she is only guilty of three of them.
But Ruby, a successful Psychologist, does not believe that she is a sociopath. She just removes bad people from the world - a bully, a rapist and a woman with anger issues and disregard for anyone but herself.
But it is the death of her husband from a chronic illness that finally shines the spotlight on Ruby, and now she has a dogged detective on the trail of why people seem to die in her presence on a regular basis.
Full of characters who in real life, or in a different book, I would dislike... somehow in this story I don't.
This is a book that defies description. Part murder mystery. Part police/court procedural. Part a love story. Part an exploration into guilt, or the absence of it.
It made me laugh. It made me cry. It made me stay up past my bedtime reading it.
This is a page-turning read that I couldn't put down. Highly recommended.
Thanks you to Hachette Australia for the review copy of this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault
emilysbookedup's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Drug use, and Murder
ohhthehorrors's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Gun violence, Infidelity, and Rape
sleeson's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.25
I was happy to be chosen to receive the digital ARC of Blood Sugar from NetGalley. This type of genre/writing style is right up my alley. Rothchild’s debut thriller is worth the read. The storyline is creative and has you hooked and ready to go 5 pages in.
The story starts off in such a juicy way. You immediately know you’re in for a good read. She definitely kept me on my toes with this one. I will absolutely read another book by this author. Mild sexual content. Mild swearing. ( I think)
The story starts off in such a juicy way. You immediately know you’re in for a good read. She definitely kept me on my toes with this one. I will absolutely read another book by this author. Mild sexual content. Mild swearing. ( I think)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Grief, and Murder
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Classism
Minor: Infidelity