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Violence
Very heavy
Content notes list violent death, murder, and intimate partner violence with occasional violence on the page and descriptions of injuries sustained by several characters
Language
Very heavy
Cursing is a flagged content warning and one StoryGraph reviewer notes that Ware definitely likes her curse words
Sexual Content
Some
Coupledom and jealousy drive the plot but sexual content stays largely off the page
Substance Use
Some
Alcohol supplied by production, then rationed as the crisis develops
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Physical and emotional abuse inside a relationship, anti-gay bias flagged by content notes, references to suicide, and the group psychology of people who agreed to be filmed competing
What this book is about
Lyla, a stalled postdoc, follows her aspiring-actor boyfriend onto One Perfect Couple, an unaired reality format shot on a remote Indian Ocean island. A cyclone strips away production, communications and supplies, and the survival contest stops being a format.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Intimate partner violence
Anti-gay bias
Suicide referenced
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