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Sweetpea by C.J. Skuse

24 reviews

_nellie_'s review against another edition

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I stumbled upon a spoiler
(Rhiannon having an affair with 18-year-old AJ and getting pregnant by him)
and I hate reading about that, so I decided it's not worth finishing the book + the sequels.
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huttonki's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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dazzle_spider_reader_1212's review

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challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • 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

4.75

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roseltov's review against another edition

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dark lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is such a silly book. I enjoyed it for the most part. There was some really sharp, funny writing. But in addition to the murdering, the main character has a load of fucked up thoughts about people, which I rolled my eyes through. 

There were some incongruous murders as she began to devolve, which I didn’t find super believable. But really, now I’ve written that sentence, I didn’t find any of it super believable, I don’t think that was the aim of the book. 

Maybe I’ll read the next one? 👀👀



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chsm8's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • 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

3.0

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madelinequinnee's review against another edition

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dark funny fast-paced
  • 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

4.5

This was a fun read. A good mixture of disturbing scenes and comedic passages, definitely in the same vein as How To Kill Your Family. 
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billorwill's review

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challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • 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

4.75

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sumo98's review

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dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A quick read, and the author does a great job at getting inside the brain of a serial killer. Very heavy subjects, and quite fucked up at times (even for a serial killer). 
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book_lover707's review

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dark funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This was an impulsive purchase because it was £3 and honestly surprised me with how entertaining it was. VERY explicit in a lot of area and way too much weird sex stuff for my taste but the rest of the story made up for it
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clotalksbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Well that was dark! Similar in style to a couple of more recent books I have read (How to Kill your family/how to kill men and get away with it), and initially I wasn't as big a fan of the writing in this one. I feel some things went a little far for my taste, and there is A LOT of sex - not necessarily a bad thing, just unexpected. 

It is darkly funny, you feel terrible for laughing. I think it depends what order you read the similar books in to be honest, as you can't help but compare. 

There are some very unexpected twists and turns which I loved, my mouth hit the floor on occasion. By the end I was hooked and will read the rest of the series.

The narrator is perfect, so I will stick to audio for the rest of the series too. 
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